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1. Same as Check this option in order E the Search Results category to assign a coordinate system that 9 Some as uss tab e matches that of an existing MAP View Details Click this button to view or edit the parameters of a selected coordinate system Import Settings See page 27 for the Import Settings dialog Importing Map Data Advanced Import 31 ADVANCED IMPORT FUNCTIONALITY Advanced Import provides an alternative method of importing map data into Adobe Illustrator Its focus is for the mapmaker who has a collection of map data that they wish to import into Adobe Illustrator at the same time This function can deal with import of multiple formats and varying coordinate systems with the dialog providing a list of files flagged for import PREREQUISITES In order to import data via Advanced Import you must first set up your Illustrator document Please see the guidelines for setting up your page that are included in the Simple Import Prerequisites section page 28 Once your page has been set up you can open MAPublisher Advanced Import This is located under the File menu at the Import Map Data pullout USING ADVANCED IMPORT DIALOG OVERVIEW The dialog itself is comprised of a list box for the display of currently selected files buttons to Add Remove or Edit files for Import and a section for the specification of an output coordinate system whether this be in one of the files in th
2. Sort By NN pei se cae Mise SEEN SE Sort Order Contains a hierarchical ascending values to sort by Then Column_02 list of the columns specified to sort by Column click the Add button to add the Column 07 Tum To is bu di from S Sort column to the Sort Order Column 08 Order click the Remove button Column_09 Column_10 Column_11 Move Up Move Down You can Column 12 move columns up and down the e Sort Order hierarchy by clicking the appropriate button FUNCTIONALITY The Join Points filter allows a group of point symbols to be joined to form a line based upon sorting criteria which exist in the attribute structure of the point layer For example it may be desirable to join points that were originally generated by a GPS device in order to create line elements connecting these points When the Join Points filter is run a new layer is created containing a line linking each set of common points with the generated layer containing the same common attribute column that was used to group the points together PREREQUISITES Join Points can only function on P Point layers and can be used on both currently selected point symbols or all the point symbols on a specified layer There must be at least two attribute columns on the specified point layer in order to use Join Points To open the dialog go to Filter gt MAP Lines gt Join Points USING JOIN POINTS From the Input Layer dropdown select the
3. lt unit name gt projType parameter datumName lt ellipName gt RANGE DESCRIPTION OPTIONAL Any string The name of the coordinate system being defined No may be used to identify the coordinate system of a reader or writer See supported The name of the units used to measure No Coordinate Units coordinates in the coordinate system page 84 See supported The type of map projection used for this definition No Projection Types Determines which additional parameters may page 85 need to be specified Dependent on Each projection system makes use of a set of No the Projection parameters Type selected See supported The datum to be used for the projection Yes Datums Either a datum or an ellipsoid must be page 115 specified for each coordinate system See supported The ellipsoid to be used for the projection Yes Ellipsoids Either a datum or an ellipsoid must be page 136 specified for each coordinate system Refers to page number in the FME_CS_Support pdf Technical Reference Guide Custom Projections 33 NAME RANGE DESCRIPTION OPTIONAL quadrant 4 4 The quadrant of the Cartesian coordinate Yes produced by the coordinate system See Quadrant page 140 descript name any string A descriptive name of the definition Yes source any string Person or agency supplying the definition Yes Refers to page number in the FME CS Support pdf REFERENCING THE NEW COORDINATE SYSTEM Once th
4. ALGERIA e 7 In Salati Sec Mutzuq D CO dohan Ramla Marz q Rabyan o AKu a 4 i dtd E z Chapter 6 Plotting Points Having the ability to place points onto a map is a fundamental part of cartography Points can represent the locations of towns and cities shops and malls airports and train stations to name but a few MAPublisher provides the functionality to create or plot points in vector format There may be times when you wish to quickly add a point or a small group of points to your map but you do not have a GIS or ASCII file containing these points ready for import Alternatively your map may be in a projection that holds coordinates in distance units yet the coordinates of your point locations are in Latitude and Longitude Providing you have a fully specified MAP View and know the coordinates in either Decimal Degrees or Degrees Minutes and Seconds for the locations you wish to plot you can use the MAPublisher Point Plotter to have your points automatically added at their correct locations 65 Point Plotter Window gt MAPublisher Palettes gt MAP Point Plotter Coordinate Entry Boxes Enter the MAP Point Plotter coordinates of the point to be Latitude 12094 56 N plotted in either Decimal Degrees r OR Degrees Minutes amp Seconds Longitude 12 3456 Scale 100 Scale Change the size of the chosen symbol if required The arrow keys will increa
5. B Base data Fundamental cartographic information e g coastlines political boundaries in relation to which additional data of a more specialized nature may be compiled or overlaid Bezier Curve A Bezier curve consists of two anchor points connected by a curved segment with at least one direction point and direction line attached to each anchor point Binary A number system of base 2 Numbers are represented simply as a series of 0 s or 1 s in contrast to base 10 number systems that represent numbers using the characters 0 9 For example the base 10 number 65535 translates to the base 2number 1111111111111111 Binary numbers are the fundamental basis of computing Bitmap A grid of small squares cells or pixels stored in memory and used to generate an image Boolean There are two types of values true and false True false or yes no usually represent these C CAD D Computer Aided Drafting Design Cadastre A public register or survey that defines or re establishes boundaries of public and or private land for purposes of ownership and taxation Cartogram An abstracted or simplified map for displaying quantitative data for which the base is normally not true to scale Cartography The organization and communication of geographically related information in either graphic or digital form It can include all stages from data acquisition to presentation and use CAST Centre for Advanced Spatial Technologies at the Univer
6. Import sequence The order of steps required to import data Integer A number without a decimal Integer values can be less than equal to or greater than zero Isoline A line on a surface connecting points of equal value for any of the characteristics used in the representation of the surface J Join Lines A function in MAPublisher for joining a set of linear features based on a common value such as street name JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group is a lossy compression technique for raster file formats L Label Text used to identify a map feature LANDSAT The generic name for a series of earth resource scanning satellites launched by the United States of America Latitude Angular distance expressed in degrees and minutes along a meridian north or south of the equator 6 Glossary H L Lat Long Latitude Longitude Unprojected Layer A designated level in artwork used for storing organizing and editing graphic or mapping data Legend The section of the map that explains the meaning of the symbols used to depict graphic or geographic elements Legend element A legend key combined with its associated text Legend key The graphic symbol used to illustrate attributes in a legend Longitude The angular distance east or west from a standard meridian to another meridian on the earth s surface expressed in degrees and minutes Line One of the basic geographical elements defined by at least two pairs of X
7. Register and follow the instructions listed on the second screen Windows default location C Program Files Adobe Illustrator XX Plug ins Macintosh default location Applications Avenza MAPublisher 7 Getting Started Registration and Licensing 15 The MAPublisher Tools MAPublisher s tools can be found at a number of locations in Adobe Illustrator The MAPublisher Importers can MAPublisher s Edit MAP Object function be found under the File menu can be found under the Object menu File Object New Ctrl N Transform New from Template Shift Ctrl N Arrange e ES Grou Ctrl G Open Recent Files M p Import Map Data Simple Lock Advanced Close Ctrl Save Ctrl S Hide D Save As Shift Ctrl S Save a Copy Alt Ctrl S Expand Place Flatten Transparency Export Slice gt Scripts Path THE a Blend Document Setup Alt Ctrl P Document Color Mode D Clipping Mack Em amie Compound Path rint rn Graph gt Exit Ctr Q Edit Scale Bar for editing Scale Bars Grids and Graticules menu item name is adjusted accordingly Window New Window Cascade Tile The MAPublisher palettes can be Arrange Icons found under the Window menu Actions Align Shift F7 Links Mage wend j MAPUDlner Paletes gt __ LmapublisherPalskes MAP Attributes i _ MAPublisher Statistics A F MAP Stylesheets Navigator MAP Views Pathfinder Shift F9 MAP Point Plotter
8. When you all the options have been set click OK to create the grid The grid will be plotted on the legend layer using the entered parameters Use the bounding box of the generated grid View Show Bounding Box to resize if required Resizing grids horizontally or vertically will add or remove component cells in the grid After transforming a MAP View containing a grid the grid will be reprojected rescaled within its current bounds the physical extents of the grid on the page is not edited In this scenario you should use the bounding box to resize the grid to the new bounds If you wish to change any parameter without generating a new grid simply select the grid and access the Object gt Edit Grid Edit Graticules menu item This will re open the Grids and Graticules function and the current parameters of the bar will be available for editing You can even choose an alternate grid type if required IMPORTANT NOTES Manually editing type position font colour etc is not possible on Grids and Graticules in their default grouped state Manual editing is possible however if you first expand the object Object Expand though this will negate any opportunity to subsequently edit the art via the Grids and Graticules filter Certain projections may cause incomplete grids and or graticules to be drawn Such issues may occur if the MAP View is in a polar projection or the extents of the data cross the 180 degree west east meridian If the
9. amp Cursor Position Position of the Advanced toggle Click to show or hide current text entry point the Expression Components section y Expression Components Objects List of attribute amp property columns constants and functions for J3 9 Objects Description userin the expression To expanda folder mz Picities lt Description Displays information click D to collapse click Double click gt c Constants on the currently selected item in the items to insert them into the expression Ze 3 Objects panel i e a description and Layer attributes List of the d example of the function or constant attribute and property columns ABS or information regarding the format which comprise the current layer ACOS of the MAP layer or component ASIN attribute columns Constants Insert either True or ATAN When selecting columns in the MAP False into the expression if required CONTAINS v layer the unique attributes in that el gt column can be viewed Functions List of functions for use in the expression if required FUNCTIONALITY The MAPublisher Edit Expression tool provides for the entry and edit of expressions for use in the generation of new attribute values and properties to make selections or to apply styles Expressions can be entered using the keyboard and or by selecting from listed column names operators and functions Edit Expr
10. Graticule The spherical coordinate system based on lines of latitude and longitude Great Circle A circle formed on the surface of a sphere by a plane that passes through the centre of the sphere The Equator each meridian and each other full circumference of the Earth forms a great circle The arc of a great circle shows the shortest distance between points on the surface of the Earth Grid A set of regularly spaced sample points or an exact set of reference lines over the earth s surface Glossary F G 5 H Header File A file associated with an image that contains georeferencing information for the image File extensions may be TFW or JPW tiff joeg World Files IRP Image Report Files or TAB Table files Hydrography In its most general definition hydrography is the description and study of seas lakes rivers and other bodies of water with regard to the measurement of flow and investigation of the behaviour of streams the measurement of tides and currents and the surveying sounding and charting of those bodies of water Webster s Third New International Dictionary 1993 Hypsography Lines or points which depict the relief of the land or contours or spot elevations Icon An image representing a software function or tool Image A graphic representation or description of a scene typically produced by an optical or electronic device Examples include remotely sensed or satellite data scanned data and photographs
11. You can export any data tables that are linked to physical features in MAPublisher a To export as a comma delimited data table export the desired features as MapInfo mid mif format The export file with the extension mid will contain your attribute data in comma delimited form b To export as a DBF data table export the desired features as Arcview shape files format The export file with the extension dbf will contain your attribute data in standard DBF format Technical Reference Guide Tips and Hints 39 DOUGLAS PEUCKER LINE SIMPLIFICATION The Douglas Peucker algorithm was primarily designed to reduce the number of points required to represent a vector line A common problem in digital cartography and geographic information systems can occur when lines are generated automatically from a mathematical function which records points at a fixed interval regardless if they are all lying along a straight line A reduction of the number of points makes for a cleaner and more readable cartographic line As well in cartographic work within Adobe Illustrator the removal of points along a path can significantly improve the speed of file redraws and reduce the overall file size The Douglas Peucker Algorithm was created in Fortran 66 by David H Douglas and Thomas K Peucker at the University of Ottawa in 1970 71 It was extensively tested in 1972 and was publicly communicated in the following article Algorithms for the Reduction of the Number of P
12. dat and Comma Separated csv files Import Settings dialog In order to import point data with MAPublisher you must set parameters by clicking the Settings button This operation is required to choose the columns of the selected attribute file that will be used to derive the X and Y coordinates of the data and ensure correct georeferencing These and further settings will be discussed in the ASCII Point Data Settings section on page 27 22 Map Data File Formats DATA CONSIDERATIONS When obtaining GIS data for use with MAPublisher whether from an online source commercial vendor government office or from an internal source within your organization there are a number of important considerations to keep in mind First and foremost you should always endeavour to obtain data in one of the formats supported by the MAPublisher Importers see pages 20 22 In cases where the file format native to a particular mapping application is not supported by MAPublisher you can often request the data provider to export a file in one of the supported formats When obtaining data you should acquire as much meta data about the files as possible MAPublisher deals with data in the following manner Unprojected data will be imported by MAPublisher with latitude and longitude map anchors which will therefore range from x 180 to 180 y 90 to 90 Unprojected data will also import with a non earth scale If you receive projected data you should be
13. i 4 il ata world dt zeg ENER Ts i Click the Browse button to select 3 Filename EE Cancel First line contains column names the data table you wish to import 7 Matching Column COUNTRY lt For ASCII type tables check this box to Source Matching Column Select a use the first line to derive column names column from the Source Table to match V First line contains column names toa column in the Destination Layer Character encoding ISO 8859 1 Latin 3 z g Character Encoding Assign a codec if the attribute information held in the Destination Layer Select the layer Destination selected dataset uses a double byte containing the MAP Attribute table you Target Layer I world area ES character set are going to join the Source Table with te Matching Column Country ES Destination Matching Column Select S a column from the Destination Layer to Option Case sensitive If checked values match to a column in the Source Table D Case sensitive 4 from the two matching columns will be matched up case sensitively FUNCTIONALITY Import Table provides the ability to merge external data tables directly into an existing MAP Layer s attribute schema in order to create a single extended attribute table Three of the most common table formats are supported DBase dbf USGS SDTS ddf ASCII Comma Delimited csv dat asc txt When exporting tables from Excel or similar spreadsheet applica
14. Adobe Illustrator XX Settings Also check under Preferences Plug ins amp Scratch Disks and ensure that the correct location of your plug ins folder is indicated I try to access the MAPublisher filters but always receive a message saying MAPublisher cannot obtain a license What should I do 1 Check you have registered your copy of MAPublisher and received a license file MAPublisher will fail to operate until you have received a license file for activation For further details please see page 15 2 If you have purchased a Machine specific or fixed license you must ensure the License file is located in the following directory Windows Program Files Adobe lllustrator XX Plug ins MAPublisher Plug in Macintosh Applications Avenza MAPublisher 7 x 3 If you have a try out version of MAPublisher check that your copy has not expired To do this locate the lic file in the directory listed above Open this file in a simple text editor On the second line will be details of the expiration date of your try out version Note that this file has been automatically generated by Avenza and therefore manually editing will not re activate MAPublisher 4 If you have moved your license to a new computer you must notify Avenza and request a rehosting To organize a rehosting email activation avenza com and provide your MAPublisher 7 serial number along with the new machine ID The new machine ID can be found by selecting the Telephone Email option in t
15. Brush Libraries D MAP Selection Filters i dia gt Graphi ANM MAPUblisher Statistics E MAP Selection Stats Swatch Libraries D MD Locis Symbol Libraries gt S v Untitled 1 100 CMYK Preview _ Getting Started The MAP Tools gt is k a D be 3 A NE D PREZE 2 E GEL Qc The MAPublisher filters can be found under the Filter menu Apply Last Filter atE Last Filter CHE Illustrator Filters Colors gt Create gt Distort gt gt Additional Filters i MAP Images bli MAP Legend gt MAP Lines ri Photoshop Filters Filter Gallery Artistic gt Blur gt Stylize gt Texture gt Video gt MAP Location Tool C l MAP Tagger Tool E MAP Area Tool Box e MAP Area Tool Ellipse 4 MAPublisher tools can be found in the main Adobe Illustrator Tools palette Export Image Register Image MAP Legend Create North Arrow Feature Text Label Grids and Graticules Make Index Scale Bar Flip Lines Join Lines Join Points Simplify Lines Getting Started The MAP Tools 17 Preparing the Workspace Before you can start using MAPublisher you must first set up your Adobe Illustrator document It is at this point that you define your page size and units set your print orientation and generally prepare your Adobe Illustrator workspace It is imperative that you establish the desired page size and
16. Elliptical Arc No Generic Colour Support No Ellipses No Spatial Index Never ii Polygon Yes Schema Required N A 1 Donut Polygon Yes Transaction Support No Point Yes Geometry Type Attribute sdts type ti Line Yes Text No Technical Reference Guide MAPublisher Import Formats 9 Frequently Asked Questions This section presents a number of frequently asked questions regarding the use of MAPublisher If the answer to your question is not included here please consult the online FAQs at http www avenza com products faq html or the online MAPublisher Knowledge Base at http www avenza com mapublisher knowledge base html In addition there is a US Census Bureau GIS FAQ database at http www census gov geo www faq index html INSTALLATION ACTIVATION ISSUES The MAPublisher plug in is in the Plug ins folder but the filters do not all show up in Adobe Illustrator Try exiting out of Adobe Illustrator deleting the Adobe Illustrator preferences and plugin cache files and then restarting Illustrator In Windows the preferences and plug in cache files are most often found in C Documents and Settings username Application Data Adobe Adobe Illustrator XX but depending upon your version of Windows they may appear in the top level of the Adobe Illustrator folder In either case they are named AlPrefs and Plug in Cache On the Macintosh OSX platform the preferences file is most often found in Users username Library Preferences
17. For a list of the last 20 coordinate systems used select Recently Used Same as Check this option in order to assign a coordinate system that matches that of an existing MAP View Add to Add the incoming data file to a matching MAP View in MAPublisher r Source Projection gt Source MAP View NAD27 Latitude Longitude Degree 3m Edit If the coordinate system of the selected file s is known but it was not automatically generated by the program click here This will open the Source Projection function below Related Tools Source Projection Accessed via the Edit button Projection Category Europe Belge Lambert 1972 Onshore Meters British National Grid ORD SURV GB British Ordinal Survey GRS80 Grid GRS80 Czech Grid System S JTSK 95 Variation approx origin browser to enable the selection of files for import Character Encoding Assign a codec if the attribute information held in the selected dataset uses a double byte character set Find Projection Click this button to open the Find Projection tool Page 59 enabling you to search for coordinate systems by specifying atext string Results are displayed in the Search Results category Czechoslovakian Grid System S JTSK precise origin Danish System 1934 Nov 1999 Jylland Europe 1950 based Same as ukrai Matching MAP View Automatically opens if there is al
18. For example a text element has fields for font size and the text string in addition to the standard display attributes Individual design file elements must be less than a system imposed maximum number of bytes Complex elements solve this problem by physically grouping individual elements together into an object that will be manipulated as a whole MAPublisher supports the import of complex shapes Supported Elements Supported Geometry Typical File Extensions dgn i Aggregate No Automated Translation Yes i Circles Yes User Defined Attributes No i Circular Arc Yes Coordinate System Support No Elliptical Arc Yes Generic Colour Support Yes Ellipses Yes Spatial Index Never Polygon Yes Schema Required No Donut Polygon Yes Transaction Support No Point Yes Geometry Type Attribute igds type ti Line Yes ZUi Text Yes l Supported Versions i Windows 95 SE J V8 Macintosh 95 SE J Prior to the import process additional Settings can be made which will affect how the selected file will import The following parameters can be applied to the import Group Elements By Choose how you want to group the elements of the file on import If you group the elements by level it may result in a large number of output files By Level is the default Linkage Extraction Linkage Extraction boxes allows you to extract MSLinks and or FRAMME attribute linkage values from the Source Design File
19. IMPORTANT Laptop users with a docking station must activate MAPublisher in the undocked state All users with both wireless and fixed NIC s should disable the wireless NIC temporarily before activating MAPublisher and then activate using a wired Internet connection ACTIVATING A PURCHASED COPY OF MAPUBLISHER 1 Toactivate MAPublisher 7 you must enter the Serial Number which was provided when you purchased the product The following guidelines can also be used to re activate if you have inadvertently deleted your license file from your hard drive 2 After installation of MAPublisher 7 launch the version s of Adobe Illustrator you installed to The Activation Wizard will appear automatically If you wish to continue to use Illustrator without MAPublisher you can cancel this wizard and activate MAPublisher ater by navigating to the Help menu in Adobe Illustrator and then to MAP Security Register If you are connected to the internet select the I want to activate the software over the internet option and click the Next button At the second screen select the option for Ihave already purchased MAPublisher and want to activate it now and then proceed through the wizard as instructed to complete the activation If you cannot activate over the internet select the want to activate the software by telephone or email option and click the Next button Then phone or email activation avenza com and provide the Machi
20. Only the first three linkage values will be extracted Cells Check Expand Cells if you want the cells expanded into separate features Tags Checkthis box to display tags Elements in a design file may have user defined attributes tags attached to them which can be read by MAPublisher Coordinate Units Choose Master Sub or UOR as the coordinate units of the features Master is the default Complex Strings Check Drop if you want each component of a complex chain to be returned as its own feature Otherwise all elements of the complex chain will be merged into a single linear feature Check Propagate Member Linkages if you want the linkages attached to the first component of the complex chain to be returned on the MAPublisher feature supplementing any existing linkages Background Colour Check Create black background if you wish MAPublisher to create a layer comprising a simple black fill to mimic the common MicroStation background Technical Reference Guide MAPublisher Import Formats 7 TIGER LINE rt1 bw1 TIGER Line files are a digital database of geographic features such as roads railroads rivers lakes political boundaries census statistical boundaries etc that cover the entire United States The database contains information about these features such as their location in latitude and longitude the name the type of feature address ranges for most streets the geographic relationshi
21. Vertices Use the slider to increase or decrease i the number of nodes which will be used in the construction of the graticules use a higher l number if graticules will be curved Fixed Number of Cells Check this option to enforce a set number of columns and rows Grid passes through point Choose this option to select specific coordinates for the X and Y origin FUNCTIONALITY The Grids and Graticules tool will generate fully editable grid lines based on a number of user defined settings There are 3 grid types available Selecting Graticules allows you to plot grid lines at specific lines of latitude and longitude which will be automatically curved if applicable Choosing an Index Grid allows you to specify the number of cells that you wish to divide the current grid extents into Choosing a Measured Grid also allows you to place grid lines but with advanced control over placement size and alignment A number of labeling options exist for each type of grid allowing grid lines and grid cells to be labeled if required Any form of grid plotted with this tool can be subsequently resized using the bounding box of the grid and any parameter can be specifically edited via the Object Edit Grid Edit Graticules menu item PREREQUISITES Before using this filter you must create a oO Legend layer in your Illustrator layers palette Create a new layer and then drag this to the MAP View holding the features on which you wish to
22. Y coordinates usually too narrow to be an area See also arc path and vector Listgeo A free utility for examining GeoTIFF header information It can be used to dump the contents of the GeoTIFF header in human readable form Linear scale The relation between a distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the Earth Scale varies from place to place on every map The degree of variation depends on the projection used in making the map Lossless Lossy Lossless techniques compress image data without removing detail lossy techniques compress images by removing detail M MacOS Apple Macintosh operating system Map A graphic representation of features of the earth s surface or other geographically distributed phenomena Map Anchor The minimum X and Y coordinates of the data files Map Coordinates The X Y representations of ellipsoidal earth locations on a mapping plane Map Extent The geographic extent of a geographic data set specified by the minimum bounding rectangle MAP Layer A MAPublisher term for an Illustrator layer containing georeferencing information Glossary L M 7 Map Projection A map projection is a systematic representation of a round body such as the Earth on a flat plane surface Each map projection has specific properties that make it useful for specific purposes Also see Projection MAP Selection Filter Expression criteria used for making a selection in MAPublisher documents MAP Stylesheet
23. choose this option to generate curved text on latitude lines Set all labels to same minimum size If at least one label has been reduced in font size due to the implementation of rules then ALL text items will be reduced to that font size Feature Text Label only Labels curve with lines of latitude For projected layers choose this option to generate curved text on latitude lines Feature Text Label Filter MAP Legend Feature Text Label FUNCTIONALITY The Feature Text Label filter allows labels to be added to your map based on the attribute data of the features Line Point or Area MAP Layers containing attribute information can be labeled using this filter All selected features on MAP Layers which contain appropriate attribute information can be labeled using this tool Data selected on multiple MAP Layers can be labeled simultaneously In addition you may specify options such as alignment to lines of latitude minimum font size horizontal scaling and label position to place labels intelligently PREREQUISITES Before using this filter you must create a 1 Text layer in your MAP Views palette Create a new Illustrator layer and then drag it to the MAP View holding the features you wish to label Set the feature type to Text when prompted Furthermore it is often useful to set you default text size justification and font at this stage as MAPublisher will generate labels based on these s
24. this operation MAP Views MAP Views palette 55 Source Projection MAP Views palette Source Projection and MAP View Editor Source Projection Source Projection Find Projection Click this SE button to open the Find eera A Source Projection LO Projection tool Page 59 NOOSE GI Grea Or ENE Projection Category UT A DP amp enabling you to search for world from this dropdown gory UTM MADE V C canet 3 coordinate systems by specifying appropriate to the data to NAD83 UTM Zone 16 North Meter P a text string Results of the be imported Fora list of the NAD83 UTM Zone 17 North Meter search are displayed in the last 20 coordinate systems NAD83 UTM Zone 18 North Meter Search Results category used select Recently Used NAD83 UTM Zone 19 North Meter UO AN NAD83 UTM Zone 2 North Meter L Projection List Choose the Same as Check this option NAD83 UTM Zone 20 North Meter known coordinate system in order to set a coordinate Details View or edit the system that matches that of gt Same as world Details an existing MAP View parameters ofa selected coordinate system Resize Drag the lower right A corner of the palette down to FUNCTIONALITY expand the Projection List There are three possible scenarios in which you would need to use this function 1 If you imported a file even though the program returned a message of not detected for the coord
25. CD and MAPublisher 7 download and on the following webpage http www avenza com support documentation html CHARACTER ENCODING In MAPublisher 7 extended and international character sets are supported as attributes on import To assign a character codec suitable for your selected dataset choose the appropriate value from the listbox FORMAT SPECIFIC SETTINGS Certain file formats will offer additional configuration parameters which can be accessed by clicking the Settings button These file formats are ArcInfo Export AutoCAD DWG DXF MicroStation DGN and ASCII Point Data Select your file s first If the format accepts additional settings the Settings button will be enabled Study the Import Settings guide page 27 for an overview of the meanings of these options Note that additional settings are only mandatory for the import of ASCII point data ASCII POINT DATA SETTINGS MAPublisher also allows for the import of delimited ASCII text files as point data provided they contain coordinate values MAPublisher supports the import of delimited ASCII files that contain any of the following delimiters between data values comma return end of line and tab To import ASCII data you must choose the Columns to use for your X amp Y coordinates from the two dropdowns Note that only numerical columns will be listed to ease the process of determining the columns to use If the first line of the text file you are importing contains column heading
26. Edit Expression function see page 44 Expression Validity Indicates if the expression is valid or invalid If invalid additional info is reported FUNCTIONALITY The Apply Expression tool allows for the assignment and application of expressions to currently selected art for the purpose of assigning attributes assigning properties or transforming artwork For example the tool can be used to assign attribute values based on values in other columns assign graphic styles to selected elements or transform data on the page via the assignment of a rotation value Note that property attributes are dynamic Changes made to them in the map attribute table are reflected immediately in the graphical properties and on screen display of the data to which they are linked Expressions can be generated and applied to data based on the values found in an existing attribute column providing a one step process to transform a vast number of different objects in a single operation APPLYING EXPRESSIONS fx Ensure the data required for the application of the expression is selected and that layer is selected in the MAP Attributes palette Then access the tool by clicking the Apply Expression button or menu item in the same palette First specify a column from the Apply to list to specify which attribute column the expression will be applied to The columns listed here are representative of the attribute structure unique to the data layer currently displ
27. Geomatics data interchange It is a specification for data which includes an object oriented data model and a language for describing both spatial and non spatial data 10 Glossary P S Scale The relation between the size of an object on a map and its size in the real world Scanner A device for converting images from maps or photographs of part of the real world into digital form automatically Schema In MAPublisher 7 the term schema is used to define the structure and makeup of the map attributes table SDTS Spatial Data Transfer Standard a standardized format used by the USGS for transferring earth referenced spatial data between dissimilar computer systems that includes support for the inclusion of spatial data attribute georeferencing data quality report data dictionary and other supporting meta data within a single file transfer format SEA Self Extracting Archive a file compression format for reducing the size of large files for archival or transfers Shapefile The shape file format is a public format that is the native file format for ESRI s ArcView product This format can be used to export data with attributes from both Arclnfo and ArcView From Arclnfo the command at the ARC level to create a shape file is arcshape Sliver A gap formed when two lines which should be contiguous are slightly separated in a graphical representation or map Spaghetti Data Vector data composed of line segments which are not topol
28. LABEL RESULTS When all the Layer Label Options have been set and the Label Settings have been specified click OK to label the selected features Labels applied using Feature Text Label will appear in the current default colour font and font size For latter text edits the stroke fill font and size of text labels can be changed at any time using Adobe Illustrator s tools IMPORTANT NOTE Due to a known bug in the Adobe Illustrator CS2 text engine running Feature Text Label on lines and or generating text that curves with lines of latitude may result in a situation whereby undoing such an operation and subsequently running any other labeling operation causes an apparent hang or lockup of Adobe Illustrator CS2 Eventually Illustrator will come back and the operation will continue so in such cases be accordingly patient This situtaion is only known to occur in Adobe Illustrator CS2 and typically happens when more than 500 labels are placed in a single instance In order to avoid this problem when working with a large number of labels delete the unwanted labels rather than undoing the labeling operation Adobe is aware of this issue At the time of this writing every possible progamatic workaround has been explored by Avenza but due to the severity and nature of this Adobe bug no solution is yet available Labeling Functions Feature Text Label 79 MAP Tagger Tool Toolbar MAP Tagger Tool Ka FUNCTIONALITY The MAP Tagger Tool allows l
29. MAPPING Avenza supports the fact that performing map related graphics tasks is best done in the right environment a powerful graphics program like Adobe Illustrator This environment offers practicality freedom and easy maneuverability for fast cost efficient and professional graphic output results The MAPublisher environment focuses on the map graphics first with the right GIS data management tools to facilitate the map production process in the easiest and most efficient way This is in direct contrast to traditional GIS software that are designed and written for the analysis of geographic data with the graphic map production coming second almost as an afterthought This means that as powerful as most GIS s are for analysis they were never designed for cartographic or publication quality mapping Cartographers have long been doing their mapping within graphics environments because they provide tools such as Bezier curves and true CMYK colour separation for publication quality mapping FEATURES OF THE GRAPHICS ENVIRONMENT ACCURATE COLOUR Colours displayed on screen accurately reflect the colours as they will be printed PROPORTIONAL SYMBOLOGY Symbology is accurately proportional to the map area you have zoomed into VIEWS You can display your document on screen in a variety of ways using the View menu commands For example you can see a preview of the illustration as you edit you can view only the outlines of your artwork or y
30. Save the current selection to memory so that it can be recalled later ___ MXOR Selects both the saved and currently M OR Selects both the saved and MAND Selects the saved selected features but also removes from the currently selected features features that are also selection any features that are both saved currently selected and selected USING THE SELSTATS WINDOW Open the Selection Statistics window by going to Window MAPublisher Statistics SelStats LAYER STATISTICS On initial opening this palette will display the total number of Map features that exist on the current MAP Layer as well as how many are currently selected As only one feature type is supported per MAP Layer this dialog will only display the current feature type Only MAPublisher objects will be displayed in the SelStats window Objects that are in a Non map layer in the MAP Views palette will not be recognized in this window Selecting objects manually or via a MAP Selection Filter will update the left hand field in this palette The right hand field will display the total number of Map features that exist on the current MAP Layer ALL OR REVERSE The dialog offers a quick way to select all map features on the current layer Simply click the A All button to select all the Map features on the current layer Clicking the R Reverse button will reverse the current selection i e all the features that were selected will be
31. additional Scale Bar parameters Specify the number of cells in the bar s by entering a figure in the Number of labeled intervals entry field Depending on the style of Scale Bar you have chosen you can also specify the Number of horizontal lines that will compose the Scale Bar If you wish some of the intervals or cells in the bar s to be additionally subdivided choose a figure from the Number of intervals to subdivide list The subdivided cells will begin from the left of the bar s The Number of sub intervals that compose each of these cells can be specified in the next list You can also choose to Add an interval left of zero if required LABELING OPTIONS Choose a Text style for the Scale Bar labels by choosing a style from the list The label options allow you to add extra scaling information to the generated Scale Bar The text that will be generated by this tool is displayed in the Preview Panel when the options are set GENERATING THE SCALE BAR When you click OK the selected Scale Bar will be placed on the legend layer at a default position You can use Illustrator s editing tools to move the Scale Bar to a desirable location EDITING A SCALE BAR Use the bounding box of the generated scale bar View Show Bounding Box to resize Resizing scale bars horizontally will add or remove intervals from the bar s Resizing vertically will adjust the width of the bar s If you require a different design to be used for your Scale Ba
32. amp paper Werbeagentur GmbH Martin Luther StraRe 6 D 85354 Freising phone 49 0 8161 97940 fax 49 0 8161 979423 email info screen paper de web http www screen paper de United States Geological Survey 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr Reston VA 20192 USA phone 1 703 6484000 web http www usgs gov The XYZ Digital Map Co Ltd Unit 9 Phase 2 Hardengreen Business Park Dalhousie Road Dalkeith EH22 3NX Scotland phone 44 0 131 4540426 fax 44 0 131 4540443 web http www xyzmaps com Acknowledgements Appendix 5 Glossary If you have difficulty with some of the GIS terminology used in this guide you can also access the following for more information http srmwww gov bc ca gis glosstxt htm http www geo ed ac uk root agidict html welcome html A Accuracy The closeness of results of observations computations or estimates to the true values or the values accepted as being true Accuracy relates to the exactness of the result and is distinguished from precision which relates to the exactness of the operation by which the result is obtained AGI Association for Geographic Information Algorithm A set of rules for solving a problem ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange a widely used industry standard code for exchanging alphanumeric codes in terms of bit signatures ANSI American National Standards Institute an association formed by the American Government and
33. and then clicking Editor This will open the MAP View Editor allowing you to specify a coordinate system from a projection list and make numerous page scaling edits For an in depth look at this tool see page 57 RESULTS When you have your file s selected and if necessary specified the coordinate system and or extra settings you can click OK to import The data will be imported into Adobe Illustrator as individual Illustrator layers one for each feature type in the import The name of these layers will be the same as the name s of the original imported data files with the appropriate feature type extension appended For instance importing a polygon file named county mif and a line file named roads shp would produce two Illustrator layers named county area and roads line which contain the imported files Additionally these layers will be seen as part of a MAP View where the Illustrator layers will be automatically placed as sub features of a single coordinate system that being the singular coordinate system specified in the Destination MAP View section of the Advanced Import dialog 34 Importing Map Data Advanced Import Chapter 4 Attributes and Georeferencing MAPublisher s ability to import GIS files into Illustrator while retaining both geographic vector and attribute information makes it very easy to produce high quality maps This section will explain the principles of georeferencing and attribute information and how these
34. are maintained within MAPublisher The following related tools and concepts will be examined Property Attributes MAP Location Tool MAP Attributes Edit Schema Edit Expression Import Table Find and Replace Attributes Apply Expression 35 Attributes amp Georeferencing Foreword GEOREFERENCING Georeferencing in MAPublisher is based in part on the relationship between Page Anchors and Map Anchors MAPublisher bases its georeferencing on a tie in point within Adobe Illustrator During the import process the software will treat the point at 0 0 in the document Page Anchors as being coincident to the lower left corner of the data in real world coordinates Map Anchors MAPublisher will use this anchor point in subsequent data transformations such as rescaling and reprojecting and will also be used in the creation of grids and to maintain georeferencing on export The most common way to set up an Illustrator page is to set the 0 0 point as being the coincident with the lower left corner of the document When you open a new document in Illustrator and choose to view the rulers you will see that the point at 0 0 in document units is at this location Therefore when MAPublisher imports a GIS file it will place a lower left point with real world coordinates at this 0 0 point Consequently a map of the world in Latitude Longitude imported into a new Illustrator document with the units set to inches would produce a tie in poi
35. ayers a We ayer Selection list values on the selected 8 MAP Area 22 Ontario 10084885 29 308860 layer are displayed here 9 Bl Mar Area 25 Prince Edward Island 129765 59389020 _ Import Table Click to attach an external data T gt table to the current attribute table B 7 fx Ss Apply Expression To assign attribute values or A graphical properties to selected art via the input of an expression Hide Column To hide the 3 Hide Column Right click PC Find amp Replace Click to find and replace currently selected column New Column or Ctrl click Mac attributes in the current attribute table Edit Column ona column to Column Visibility Check or Delete Column display this menu Edit Sch HAS To edit the bs rti c all Ee mns uncheck column names to comprising the current attribute table i e edit show or hide columns You gt See stow Al column names visibility type and width or assign can also choose to show all ae expressions to columns columns or hide all columns AreaDirection New Column To add a new column to the VertexCount attribute table e Style StrokeWeight Perimeter PathClosed ArtScale Area CODE v NAME v POP1991 vV POPS1_SQMI FUNCTIONALITY The MAP Attributes palette displays the map attribute and property attribute records for a map layer which are linked to the maps graphic elements and makes them available for editing This palette is also the hub from
36. can now paste the values into any text editor Note that you can only copy one set of coordinates When you shift click again the values copied previously will be overwritten 38 Attributes and Georeferencing MAP Location Tool MAP Attributes Window gt MAPublisher Palettes gt MAP Attributes Click header to sort column ___ values alpha numerically Click and drag separator to resize the columns Edit Column Tc sae at F edit the d bites of Layer Selection If data gt Layer R province 12 areas selected w Edit Column Prop s the selected column is selected on a number of HStyle NAME POP1991 POP91_SQMI e Delete Column layers select the map layer 1 B MAP Area 09 Abeta 2545553 10 231320 Edt Schema _ Delete Column To Segen ning Ge Se 4 a 2 MAP Area 14 British Columbia 3282051 9142941 Find amp Replace d A e if Si rently wish to view with this list The 3 SES SES SD 5 157409 Apply Expression selected column number of objects selected on Import Table j 4 E MAP Area 32 New Brunswick 723900 26 007760 Sort Layers each layer is also displayed 5 MAP SST v Newfoundland and Labrador 568474 3 961215 v Sort Layers by Name Choose a method Attributes amp Properties 5 IB MAP Aes 05 Northwest Temtories 57649 0 045241 _ Sort Layers by Feature Type da SC Attribute and property 7 m MAP Area 19 Nova Scotia 899942 44 110480
37. cgdi gc ca GISUSER GlSuser com was launched in February 2004 Their goal is to provide the geospatial technology user with the latest news resources and tools affecting the GIS industry http www gisuser com MAPCRUZIN MAPCRUZIN has data resources for environmental and socio demographic research http www mapcruzin com NATIONAL ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES This site is a great source of a wide variety of data files for the United States http www nationalatlas gov atlasftp html DOUG PRICE S LIST OF FREE DIGITAL GIS DATA This site based at the Tennessee Geographic Information Council and the University of Tennessee offers an extensive list of data download links from around the world http www lib utk edu tngic price html ROBERT E KENNEDY LIBRARY CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY California Polytechnic State University has various links to US based map inventories http www lib calpoly edu research all databases gis gis5 html Technical Reference Guide Online Links 23 UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Department of the Interior USGS home page This is the primary source for Digital Line Graph DLG files A must have resource is the US Geological Survey Digital Format Standards manual published by the USGS http www usgs gov USGS Home page http nsdi usgs gov Digital products http www usgs gov pubprod index html Products and Publications Listings http greenwood cr usgs gov
38. deselected and the features that were deselected will be selected SAVING SELECTIONS The Save button will save the current selection to memory allowing you to retrieve your selection again later Only one selection can be saved and it is limited to the current Illustrator session A subsequent click on the Save button will overwrite the original saved selection Clicking Recall will perform the selection that is saved to memory Clicking Clear on the other hand will remove the saved selection from memory 94 Making Selections Selection Stats ADDITIONAL SELECTION OPTIONS This window also offers additional selection tools M OR M AND amp M XOR me won Se Clicking the M OR button will select both the currently selected I R i r Wee Saved ap objects and the saved selection CE Selection pus MAND A The MAND button will select the map features in the current selection which 1 R tii r 7 Selection Saved Selectigg are included in the saved selection S H Selection Nw ege pum N MER mm The M XOR button will select both the currently selected features and the eso gt Selection saved selection if these selections do not overlap However if the current Km gie selection includes any features that are part of the saved selection those will be deselected when this button will is clicked Making Selections Selection Stats 95 Chapter 11 Line Functions MAPublisher contains several tools for w
39. directory on the CD and double click the Setup exe file Electronic version Double click the mp7xwi e exe file to open the WinZip self extractor When you have unzipped the files proceed to the MAPublisher 7 x directory and double click the Setup exe file Proceed through the installation screens as instructed Note that you can install to Illustrator CS2 and Illustrator CS simultaneously if you desire You will have options to install documentation and tutorial data If you choose to install these components these files can be subsequently be found in the Program Files Avenza MAPublisher 7 x directory The documentation may also be accessed from the Windows Start menu Go to All Programs and then navigate to the MAPublisher folder Launch Adobe Illustrator Please proceed to the section on Registration and Licensing on the following page MACINTOSH Make sure that you have Adobe Illustrator CS or CS2 installed on your computer If Adobe Illustrator is running exit the program CD version Insert the MAPublisher 7 CD into your CD ROM drive Navigate to the MAPublisher 7 x directory on the CD and double click the Install MAPublisher 7 x icon Electronic version Unstuff the mp7xmi e dmg file if this operation has not been completed automatically Then proceed to the MAPublisher 7 x folder and double click the Install MAPublisher 7 x icon Proceed through the installation screens as instructed Note
40. displayed in the panel in this section and will show the Name of the coordinate system its Map amp Page Anchors Scale and Angle for the selected file These settings will be discussed more in Attributes and Georeferencing DESTINATION MAP VIEW You have three choices when deciding the destination coordinate system for the imported files 1 You can choose to import all of the listed files in the coordinate system and parameters that exists in one of the listed files Click New based on and then select one of the files in the coordinate system you require If you have multiple files in the File List you can check the Auto scale option to ensure that when the data is imported it is scaled to fit the current page extents If you do not check this option some of your data may fall outside of the page extents during the import process 2 Choose to import all of the listed files in the coordinate system and parameters that currently exists in the document for example via a previous import In this case select Use existing and then select the MAP View containing the desired coordinate system Check the Auto scale option to ensure the combination of incoming and existing data will be fit inside the page extents i e existing data may be rescaled as a result If you do not check this option some of your data may be imported outside of the page extents 3 Choose to assign another coordinate system completely by first selecting the Create new option
41. element which is too narrow to be an area e 9 a contour line or road MAP FEATURES A GIS stores two types of map information spatial information which describes the location and shape of geographic features and descriptive information about those features A GIS links these two types of data and maintains the spatial relationships between the map features Features are portrayed on two dimensional maps as points lines and areas For example a map may contain points representing location information such as telephone poles lines representing linear features such as roads and areas representing geographic features such as lakes POINTS Usually represented by a symbol or label a point is a discrete location which is usually too small to be identified as an area or line e g an oil wellhead or manhole SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS A map allows you to identify spatial relationships e g a fire tower located inside a park but it relies on you to derive this information from it TOPOLOGY Topology is a mathematical process for determining spatial relationships It does this by expressing different spatial relationships as lists of features i e an area is defined by the boundary lines The primary advantage of this type of data storage is that it is more efficient and permits faster processing of larger data sets Technical Reference Guide GIS Backgrounder 17 Graphics Backgrounder WHY IS THE GRAPHICS ENVIRONMENT GOOD FOR
42. files it is necessary to join tables frequently in order to obtain the map attribute table you require to make the map you want This is due to the fact that SDTS data is constructed such that the primary vector data is held separately from the various attribute tables that one might want to use for a particular mapping purpose The attribute table that comes as part of the vector file usually contains a unique identifier RCID for each map element that is used to join it with the other data tables For example a particular vector file containing the geography of rivers would contain a data column called RCID Various data tables containing information such as vegetation fish counts or flow rates might be available each also with an RCID column The desired tables are then joined to the initial map attribute table by RCID value using the techniques described in the previous pages To find the SDTS tables to join with the vector map file look for the files which have names that start with the same character string as the name of the vector file MAPublisher imports SDTS files that have the characters CATD at the end of the file name A typical table to import and join with this file might be called HY01CATD ddf Use the MAPublisher table importer with SDTS file type chosen to import these files When you join layer and table you do the join based on the column from the layer matched to the RCID column of the table Several SDTS sample files can be foun
43. for each layer type see below Text layer For each Source Layer select the destination text layer you wish to place the generated text labels on Line Label Settings Distance from start O Auto UX i Fixed 20 7 1 Line Labels 4 Flip upside down labels NW Enabled lt ___ _________ Distance from start Controls where the Line Smoothing R Enabled lt text is located along the line Auto will place text at the midpoint for straight lines and find the smoothest portion closest to the midpoint for curved lines Fixed will allow for precise placement of text along aline Offset Smoothed Line 2 points Adjust label if larger than line A v IV Reduce font size to a minimum of 5pt F Reduce horizontal scaling to a minimum of 0 800000 Adjust label if larger than line Specify rules for the scaling of text if the text will IV Set all labels to the same minimum font size Label Position Baseline H Descender J O Center 9 4 1 Flip upside down labels By default this isalways enabled and will automatically orient labels correctly Disabling this feature will not flip label Line Smoothing Offset Line Check to smooth the generated text path Then specify an offset distance for the text path off the original if desired L Label Position Choose how the text will be placed on the generated text path not fit onto the
44. generation of a grid graticule causes blank or incomplete results the following workflow should be executed 1 Reproject the MAP View to a standard Lat Long projection i e NAD27 Lat Long Degrees 2 Generate your grid or graticules on this MAP View 3 Expand the object Object Expand 4 Create a new Area layer in the MAP View Drag the expanded grid to this new layer 5 Reproject the MAP View back to the original projection Please see Appendix 2 for more information on working with grids and graticules in MAPublisher 7 Grids and Indexes Grids and Graticules 87 Make Index Filter gt MAP Legend gt Make Index Index based on label position Make Index An index will be created by FA assigning one index location for 9 Make index based on label position Save As each label found on the selected Label layer city text D label text layer 9 9 Make index based on label and matching feature position Index based on label and matching feature position Label layer Ton text ES Advanced Click this button MAPublisher will determine what Feature layer f Picities iz EE lt to open the Advanced dialog features to index by matching S below enabling youto specify label text on the selected Label Label text matches attribute NAME m additional options for your index layer to the indicated attribute on the Feature Layer An index will be cr
45. grid lines Use the slider to increase or decrease the number of vertices used in the graticules if required use a higher number if the graticules will be highly curved due to the current projection The graticule may have a section in one of the corners that you do not wish to label perhaps there is no data in this graticule or there is only a small portion of that graticule showing and it does not need to be labelled The Don t label feature allows you to not label a specific column or row Grids and Indexes Grids and Graticules 85 MEASURED GRIDS The Measured Grid option allows for cells to be plotted at specific sizes and position when there is a projected MAP View The extents of the grid can be modified using this option thus not being limited to the geographical extents of the current MAP View The width and height of each cell composing the grid should be specified in the Width and Height fields you can modify the map units used for these dimensions if required by making an alternate selection in the Units list A fixed number of cells for columns and rows can be enforced if required Additionally you can specify a preset X and Y origin for the grid or choose specific coordinates for a pass through point LABELING OPTIONS A number of Labeling options are available for use in grids and graticules Axis labels and cell labels for indexing and graticule line labels can be included the direction of axis and cell labels can be mod
46. historical land coverage data Obtain data sets including Environment Prehistoric and Historic Climate Reconstruction Historic Census and Tabular databases http libinfo uark edu gis us asp DIRECTIONS MAGAZINE DATA CENTER Directions magazine is an internet centred publication that provides news analysis commentary product information and free map data http www directionsmag com files EROS DATA CENTER The Eros Data Center will be providing FTP access to a variety of USGS digital data sets http edcwww cr usgs gov 22 Technical Reference Guide Online Links GEOCOMMUNITY amp GIS DATA DEPOT The GeoCommunity and GIS Data Depot are an excellent sources of free GIS data geographic software including data viewers translators and compression utilities and industry news This site also has several GIS related discussion forums The data found on this site covers most areas of the world http www geocomm com GEOCONNECTIONS GEOCONNEXIONS This site from Canada s Ministry of Natural Resources offers many links to GIS data and other informational resources http www cgdi gc ca GEOGRAPHY NETWORK The Geography Network is an online resource for finding and sharing world wide geographic content including maps and data from many of the world s leading providers http www geographynetwork com GEOGRATIS Geogratis is a Natural Resources Canada site offering maps satellite imagery and tabular data http geogratis
47. in ASCII format map the file that stores the feature geometry id the file that stores the index of the feature geometry dat the dBASE file that stores the attribute information of features ind table field indexes if necessary The geometry of each feature is stored as a shape that comprises a set of vector coordinates The attributes for each feature are stored as a record in a dBASE table dat associated with the shapefile map There is one record in the dBASE table for each feature in the map file To ensure successful import select the tab component in the MAPublisher importers MicroStation Design dgn Import and Export MicroStation Design files dgn are the native files created by Bentley Systems Inc s and formerly Intergraph s MicroStation product Design Files consist of a header followed by a series of elements The header contains global information including the transformation equation from design units to user coordinates as well as the dimension of the elements in the file Each element contains standard display information such as its colour level class and style as well as a number of attributes specific to its element type During the import process MAPublisher will reproduce dgn levels as distinct Illustrator layers Therefore a typical single import will produce one layer for each Level that exists in the MicroStation Design File MAPublisher supports the import of MicroStation J version
48. labels will be placed and append the current units to each label if required i e add a degree symbol for graticule lines ADVANCED OPTIONS Advanced SSC Click the Advanced button to access additional grid unding e Se extents and labeling options soca chet Ms L5 Modi i i gt odify the extents of the grid by entering new values th id extents Y 40 Di e As fe for the Lower Left and Top Right position of the grid in the Top Right Adjust X amp Y CA c rrent hits j x 200 values for the upper right Ly of the grid extents Y 50 S e It is also possible to edit the first value used for cell labels Start alpha numeric E KG Sg A indexat Editthefirst EE by editing the Start alpha numeric index at values Omit value used for cell labels gt zeen ven T alpha characters from cell references with the Do not use Do not use characters l Do not use characters 10 characters option for example it may be useful to omit Enter alpha charactersto ET the characters I and O for indexing purposes when entering alpha characters to omit separate characters Reference label order i d Choose to make Center Labels alpha numeric or numeric alpha 86 Grids and Indexes Grids and Graticules with a comma The Reference label order option can be edited to change the center labels from alpha numeric A 1 to numeric alpha 1 A or vice versa GENERATING AND EDITING THE GRID
49. layer containing the labels to be indexed must be located in the same MAP View as the grid Ensure the grid is selected then go to Filter MAP Legend Make Index to access the Make Index tool 88 Grids and Indexes Make Index USING MAKE INDEX INDEX BASED ON LABEL POSITION This method will create an index by assigning one index location for each label found on the selected label text layer For example if the label High Street is only found in grid cell A 4 the only entry for High Street in the index file would be as follows High Street A 4 Select the Make index based on label position button to generate an index using this method Then choose the Label layer from the dropdown which contains the text you wish to index INDEX BASED ON LABEL AND MATCHING FEATURE POSITION This method will create an index by matching label text on a selected Label layer to the indicated attribute on the Feature Layer creating an index entry for every grid cell in which the feature can be found Note that only features that have labels can be indexed For example if High Street passes through grid cells A 3 B 3 and C 4 the grid cells will be sorted alphabetically on one line High Street A 3 B 3 C 4 Select the Make index based on label amp matching feature position button to generate an index using this method Then choose the Label layer from the dropdown which contains the text you wish to index Choose the layer that was us
50. lines and for curved lines this will ind the smoothest portion of the curved line closest to the midpoint Selecting Fixed will allow you to control where text is placed along the line This option uses the percentage along a line to set where text is placed along lines Flip upside down labels by default is always enabled and will automatically orient labels correctly if your lines are Labeling Functions Feature Text Label 77 flipped Disabling this feature will not flip labels You can choose to have the labels follow along the line smoothed line paths by checking the Line Smoothing option Ifthis option is used MAPublisher will create a smoothed path for each text object in the selected Text layer and place the text along this path at the specified Offset value The labels can then be dragged and positioned at any position along a line If the Line Smoothing option is not selected the labels will follow along the original path without being smoothed The Label Position option allows for the selection of the vertical position of the labels relative to the line Three op tions are available for the vertical positioning of text labels Baseline Descender and Center Select Baseline to place labels above the generated text path Select Descender to place the portion of a letter in a Latin derived alphabet that normally extends below the baseline of a particular font above the generated text path Select Center to place the centre the label
51. normally be of the same name as your image but will have the extension irp tfw tab Joo or tif If your image is a GeoTIFF you should select your image file in order to retrieve georeferencing information as files of this type will contain both the image and its reference data Select your reference file and click Open The values contained in this reference file will be entered automatically into the Image Parameters MANUAL REGISTRATION To manually enter image parameters you must have one of the following available in page units OR map units a The X Y coordinates of one corner of the image the Pixel Size b The X Y coordinates of one corner of the image X Y size of the image First choose the units you wish to use for entering parameters by making a selection from the Units list Set the Corner Coordinates you have known values for by clicking the appropriate corner of the graphic Then enter the X and Y coordinates for this location in the adjacent fields Next set EITHER the Pixel Size or Effective Map Size The Pixel Size is the value of a single pixel in the units set The Effective Map Size is the X Y size of the whole image in the units set Setting either option will update the other accordingly RESULTS When you are confident that all values have been assigned correctly click the OK button Providing the coordinate systems of the raster image and the MAP Layer match and the values you have either entered manuall
52. orientation BEFORE importing map data as MAPublisher will establish georeferencing based on the current page Editing page dimensions after import will damage georeferencing and may require you to manually correct the geographic parameters SETTING UP YOUR DOCUMENT 1 Create a new Illustrator document by selecting File New or Select File Document Setup if you already have a blank document open The Adobe Illustrator Document Setup window appears 2 Select the size to use for your page Letter 8 5 x 11 is the default size You may wish to change the orientation to landscape for some files For example a map of Chile may be best displayed in Portrait but a map of Indonesia may be best displayed in Landscape 3 Select your desired page units The default unit type is Points 4 Ensure the page origin is at 0 0 To do this select View gt Show Rulers Double click the top left corner of the rulers where the vertical and horizontal rulers intersect For more information and details regarding these operations please refer to your Adobe Illustrator User Guide In step 2 the default page size of 8 5 x 11 is for North American versions of Adobe Illustrator Other language versions of Adobe Illustrator may have different default page sizes Consult your Adobe Illustrator User Guide for more information 18 Getting Started Preparing the Workspace Chapter 2 Map Data File Formats The key to making maps with MAPublisher is
53. required its properties on the right Pop_Grw_Rt Literacy __ Visibility Choose to show or Inflat_Rate hide the selected column by Unempl Rate editing this option l Derive value from expression Add Click to add a new column to the column list 9 _Add_ Read only Check this option to ensure that values in this column can not be edited Remove Click to delete Derive value from expression Check this option to assign an expression to the selected column the selected column Either enter the expression directly into the entry field or click the Browse button to access the Edit Expression function see page 44 In MAPublisher 7 the term schema is used to define the structure and makeup of the map attributes table FUNCTIONALITY The Edit Schema function lets you edit and manage various components of your data s map attribute structure including creating editing and deleting columns setting visibility preferences and assigning expressions Any changes made to the schema will instantly be reflected in the MAP Attributes window USING EDIT SCHEMA Ensure the MAP Layer containing the attributes you wish to edit is selected in the MAP Attributes palette Then access the tool by clicking the Edit Schema button or menu item in the MAP Attributes palette Edit Schema will list all of the columns which currently exist in the MAP Layer s attribute structure including MAPublisher property attribu
54. selected D Shift D Alt m Alt K i drag Labels placed using current Illustrator Type Settings No MAPublisher Label Settings are applied E Line labels are assigned angle of line at click point Area labels are placed horizontally P Point labels are placed horizontally Labels placed using current Illustrator Type Settings No MAPublisher Label Settings are applied Line labels are placed at click point and assigned angle of line at click point BA Area labels are placed horizontally at click point P Point labels are placed horizontally at click point Labels placed using current MAPublisher Label Settings Line labels are generated using established label rules BA Area labels are placed at click point and generated using established label rules P Point labels are generated using established label rules Note Using the Alt key has no effect Only applicable for Line labels Labels placed using current Illustrator Type Settings No MAPublisher Label Settings are applied Line labels are placed horizontally at click point drag Labels placed using current Illustrator Type Settings and leader line created on drag No MAPublisher Label Settings are applied E Line labels are placed horizontally Leader line connects text to line feature B Area labels are placed horizontally Leader line connects text to line feature Point labels are placed horizontally Le
55. shapes and solids Coordinate Units Specifies how feature coordinates will be interpreted and converted Master Sub or Units of Resolution MAP Views Export 61 FUNCTIONALITY MAPublisher supports the export of single MAP Layers or whole MAP Views to various GIS formats maintaining all georeferencing and attribute information The following export formats are supported AutoCAD dxf dwg ESRI ArcInfo Export e00 ESRI Arcinfo Generate gen ESRI Shapefile shp MapInfo Interchange mif mid Mapinfo Table tab MicroStation dgn Exporting a MAP View to AutoCAD or MicroStation format will concatenate all hosted layers into a single file PREREQUISITES The Export function will export single Illustrator layers that are contained in a specified MAP View or all layers contained in a specified MAP View Therefore both imported and user created MAP Views will contain MAP Layers that are suitable for export to GIS formats USING MAP EXPORT To open the Export function first select the MAP Layer or MAP View you wish to export in the MAP Views palette Then click on the Options arrow in the upper right corner of the dialog and select Export lt Layer MAP View name gt Note you cannot export multiple MAP Views or multiple layers that have been selected individually Only single MAP Views or single layers can be exported at one time Within the dialog select the Export Format you require and then cli
56. text path in its entirety Click the Up or Down buttons to adjust the order in which the rules will be implemented in the labeling process Area Label Settings j Placement Accuracy Low faster High slower i Area Labels CO Labels curve with lines of latitude lt gt V Adjust label f larger than area A sl Reduce font size to a minimum of 5pt Kl Adjust label iflarger than line Sp ecify v sl Reduce horizontal scaling to a minimum of 0 500000 rules for the scaling of text if the text will not fit inside the area object in its entirety v Wrap labels that are longer than area Click the Up or Down buttons to adjust the order in which the rules will be implemented in the labeling process Set all labels to the same minimum font size amp Point Label Settings Point Labels Label Position Choose the position of the label relative to the point symbol 76 Labeling Functions Labeling Tools Set all labels to same minimum size Ifat least one label has been reduced in font size due to the implementation of rules then ALL text items will be reduced to that font size Feature Text Label only Placement Accuracy If you require area labels to be placed with high precision in the centre of area objects choose High To quickly generate labels choose Low Labels curve with lines of latitude For projected layers
57. the GIS data file formats it supports GIS files are precise geographic data files that contain vector information and associated data attribute tables MAPublisher 7 will import AND export most of the industry leading vector file formats Import Formats AutoCAD dxf dwg ESRI ArcInfo Export e00 ESRI ArcInfo Generate gen ESRI Shapefile shp MapInfo Interchange mif mid MapInfo Table tab MicroStation dgn TIGER Line rt1 bw1 USGS Digital Line Graph dlg opt USGS SDTS ddf ASCII Point txt csv dat Export Formats AutoCAD dxf dwg ESRI ArcInfo Export e00 ESRI ArcInfo Generate gen ESRI Shapefile shp MapInfo Interchange mif mid MapInfo Table tab MicroStation dgn This section will provide and overview of the formats outlined above as well as additional considerations when using GIS data with MAPublisher For an in depth analysis of further considerations when using these formats during Import such as supported version numbers supported colours and strokes etc please see pages A1 2 to A1 9 19 AutoCAD Drawing dwg and Drawing Exchange dxf Import and Export These file types are most commonly created by Autodesk s AutoCAD product though other software programs such as Bentley MicroStation and various other computer aided design CAD programs are capable of creating files in this format There are two formats use
58. the cells expanded feature supplementing any existing ii linkages into separate features Display tags Check this box to display tags Elements id in a design file may have user defined attributes tags attached to them which can be read by MAPublisher background to mimic the MicroStation environment Expand cells Importing Map Data Settings Dialogs 27 SIMPLE IMPORT FUNCTIONALITY The Simple Import function provides a fast uncomplicated method of importing map data into Adobe Illustrator Its focus is for the mapmaker who has a single piece of map data or several smaller files comprising one dataset of the same format and coordinate system that they wish to simply import quickly PREREQUISITES In order to import data via Simple Import you must first set up your Illustrator document Plan for the data that you will subsequently bring in and set up your Illustrator document accordingly For instance a map of the world would fit well into a page with a Landscape orientation whereas a map of South America would fit best into a page with a Portrait orientation Also plan for the output of the map document if necessary to ensure that your page dimensions are close to the required size that the document will be printed It is far easier to set up the page before the map data has been imported as MAPublisher will interpret these dimensions in the Importer and calculate a map scale for your document accordi
59. the lower left corner of the Y 145 75352 Auto Scale data in the units of the current document which are editable Projection Alignment Control Click on Projection Category World the respective anchor point World Mier Cylindrical meter v 2 to set the Page Anchors to a World Mollweide N American Aspect meter v 1 graphically designated location World Mollweide N American Aspect meter v 2 World Mollweide meter Same as Check this option in order to set a coordinate World Sinusoidal N American Aspect meter v 1 system that matches that of EI game as World Mercator an existing MAP View Projection List A list ofthe coordinate Find Projection Click this systems available for selection based onthe button to open the Find choice of Projection Category Thecurrent Projection tool right projection is selected automatically enabling you to search for coordinate systems by specifying a text string Results of the search are displayed in the Search Results category FUNCTIONALITY The MAP View Editor can be accessed as part of the Advanced Import process page 31 or from the MAP Views palette page 52 To access via the Advanced Import process click the Create new radio button in the Destination Coordinate System section and then click the Editor button to open the dialog Find Projection View Anchors Click this button to view or hide th
60. users should ignore the Known Projection section when choosing the Import files as the program will read the coordinate system automatically if the file format supports such information 32 Importing Map Data Advanced Import If you wish to view or edit the parameters of a certain coordinate system click the Details button The editing of coordinate systems using the Details panel is intended for Advanced users only Note that editing a coordinate system will cause a new custom coordinate system to be created Avenza Systems cannot guarantee the accuracy of reprojections performed using an edited coordinate system It is recommended that you search the database for suitable coordinate systems before editing as a suitable one may already exist For more information please refer to the document entitled FME CS Support pdf which is located in the Documentation folder of the MAPublisher CD and MAPublisher 7 download and on the following webpage http www avenza com support documentation html FORMAT SPECIFIC SETTINGS Certain file formats will offer additional configuration parameters which can be accessed by clicking the Settings button These file formats are ArcInfo Export AutoCAD DWG DXF MicroStation DGN and ASCII Point Data Select your file s first If the format accepts additional settings the Settings button will be enabled Study the Import Settings guide page 27 for an overview of the meanings of these options Additional setti
61. valid path the program will read the file s to determine the coordinate system and display this in the Source MAP View section see MAP Views on pages 51 to 59 If the program returns the message not detected gt for the coordinate system you may click the Edit button to specify it MAPublisher will read the coordinate system automatically if the file format supports projection information In the Source Projection dialog coordinate systems are separated into Projection category to ease the process of choosing a coordinate system All Projections will list all the coordinate systems in the database You can also assign a coordinate system based on an existing MAP View in your document by using the Same as feature For an overview of Projections and Datums see pages A1 27 to A1 31 If you wish to view or edit the parameters of a certain coordinate system click the Details button The editing of coordinate systems using the Details panel is intended for Advanced users only Note that editing a coordinate system will cause a new custom coordinate system to be created Avenza Systems cannot guarantee the accuracy of reprojections performed using an edited coordinate system It is recommended that you search the database for suitable coordinate systems before editing as a suitable one may already exist For more information please refer to the document entitled FME CS Support pdf which is located in the Documentation folder of the MAPublisher
62. values listed in the MAP Stylesheet Editor value listboxes please complete the following Quit Illustrator Open your Illustrator preferences file in a text editor The default location and name of the preferences file is Windows C Documents and Settings lt username gt Application Data Adobe Illustrator XXMAIPrefs Macintosh Users lt username gt Library Preferences Adobe Illustrator XX Settings Adobe Illustrator Prefs Search for the text MaxValuesPref no quotes Edit the listed value from 250 to the required value Save the Illustrator preferences file Re open Illustrator GRID AND SCALEBAR OPERATIONS EDITING CUSTOM ART Manually editing type position font colour etc is not possible on Grids and Scale Bars in their default grouped state Manual editing is possible however if you must first expand the object Object gt Expand Note that this will negate any opportunity to subsequently edit the art using MAPublisher s editing tools If you require a different design to be used for your Grid or Scale Bar or wish to change any parameter without generating a new version simply select the Grid or Scale Bar and access the Object Edit Grid Scale Bar menu item This will re open the Grids and Graticules or Scale Bar function with the current parameters of the object for 2 MAPublisher 7 How To s subsequent editing Editing the style of text i e text colour font alignment etc used in the Grid or Sc
63. view or edit the parameters of a certain coordinate system click the Details button The editing of coordinate systems using the Details panel is intended for Advanced users only Note that editing a coordinate system will cause a new custom coordinate system to be created Avenza Systems cannot guarantee the accuracy of reprojections performed using an edited coordinate system It is recommended that you search the database for suitable coordinate systems before editing as a suitable one may already exist For more information please refer to the document entitled FME CS Support pdf which is located in the Documentation folder of the MAPublisher CD and MAPublisher 7 download and on the following webpage http www avenza com support documentation html 56 MAP Views Source Projection MAP View Editor MAP Views palette gt Edit MAP View New MAP View Advanced Import Create New Editor Edit World Robinson Preview Pane Displays the Map Anchors data extents of the MAP View X 16197354 83476337 Y 8625154 66510000 White rectangle page extents d Page Anchors Arrow current orientation X 84 2751312256 of the MAP View Y 145 7535247803 Green rectangle data extents Crosshair location of the current Map amp Page Anchors Name The editable name Name World Robinson of the current MAP View 9 7 LL Corner Points Scale LL Corner The location of X 84 27513 1 150000000
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65. 1 Style Graticule Style m 4 i 3 1 Vertices P m Don t label First row C First column Last row Last column 1 Cell Size 7 Fixed Number of Cells i Width 80 pt Columns 1 Cell Width Height Specify the dimensions of __ Height 80 pt Rows 1 each cell comprising the grid in the current Units i pk Style Grid Style xj Style Select a style for the grid lines 1 i Preset Origin Grid through point Preset Origin Choose this option i T S X ges Fon pont to select a preset X and Y origin i E i v o pt 84 Grids and Indexes Grids and Graticules Place labels off line by Ent for the Line Labels Select a distance Append units to labels off the grid to place the labels Meer w L Append units to labels Choose gem to include labels i e degree T symbols for Line Labels Index Grid Settings Units Set the units for Measured Grid dimensions if appropriate 1 Number of Columns Rows 1 I in Columns 10 Ln i 1 Rows 10 i 1 Style Grid Style E Style Select a style for the grid lines 1 i 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I I 1 I 1 I 1 I Graticule Settings Latitude Latitude Intervals Specify the Pass through 60 Interval 20 e interval for each line of latitude i 4 Longitude Intervals Specify the interval for each line of longitude Style Select a style for the graticules Je
66. 1991 gt 723900 AND POP1991 lt 1091942 100 lt text size in text stylesheets Rule Name Editable gt name of the style rule Low MAP Area 22 iv POP1991 gt 27797 AND POP1991 lt 568474 el 9 Si Expression Click to edit the Style List of established expression assigned to each Graphic Styles for area and style rule see below Gs Fri Se Expression Mode YES text sty esheets or A Select the style of the display Symbols point stylesheets Add Expression Mode Simple O Advanced amp field that is displayed when Add Remove To add a LU LU clicking the Expression field new style rule or delete the see below currently selected rule Simple Expression Advanced Expression to compose amp edit expressions in Simple Mode to compose amp edit expressions in Advanced Mode Column Lists the 5 S E ssion Enter thi attribute column s of Simple Expression Advanced Expression xpression entente th iated MAP L gt EES ae expression directly into e associate ayers gt POP1991 v gt m 27797 v POP1991 gt 27797 AND POP1991 lt 568474 the entry field or click the Range operator Click to v lt 568474 iv 93 The expression is valid Browse button to access the activate the second row to ey f A Edit Expression function enable the composition of see page 44 range Ge Comparison List of Gee page 4t g operators E
67. 44 Attributes and Georeferencing Edit Expression Expressions are also case sensitive To ignore case in a string comparison convert all the strings to the same case using the appropriate function VALIDITY The validity of the expression will be displayed below the Expression Entry field and will be updated as you build the expression The Expression Validity icon will report if the expression entered is valid Otherwise it will report and include additional warning notes OPERATOR BUTTONS Click to insert an operator at the current cursor position Available operators are as follows Open clause operator Close clause operator AND Logical AND operator OR Logical OR operator Logical equal to comparator l Logical not equal to comparator EXPRESSION COMPONENTS TVA Logical greater than comparator Mathematical addition operator Mathematical subtraction operator Mathematical division operator Mathematical multiplication operator Items in the Objects list fall into three categories Information on a selected item is displayed in the Description panel Double click to insert an object at the current cursor position Available objects are as follows lt MAP Layer gt List of property columns see page 37 List of attribute columns Constants true Boolean true value false Boolean false value Layer may vary depending on tool For Edit Schema Apply Expression and New Ed
68. 7 and V8 files Files are exported to DGN from MAPublisher as MicroStation J files Prior to import set the colour mode of the Illustrator document to the same scheme used in the colour table of the original file i e RGB or CMYK to ensure that the colours are interpreted correctly upon import The hierarchy of layers in multi feature imports is by feature type in the following order text layers then point layers then line layers then area layers Map Data File Formats 21 TIGER Line rt1 bw1 Import only TIGER is an abbreviation of Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Reference System and was developed by the U S Census Bureau TIGER Line files are a digital database of geographic features such as roads railroads rivers lakes political boundaries census statistical boundaries etc that cover the entire United States The database contains information about these features such as their location in latitude and longitude the name the type of feature address ranges for most streets the geographic relationship to other features and other related information TIGER Line files are the public product created from the Census Bureau s TIGER database of geographic formation TIGER was developed in order to support the mapping and related geographic activities required by the census and sample survey programs More information on the TIGER Line file format and data product can be found on the US Census web page at htt
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70. A MAPublisher Stylesheet containing styles based on attribute information MAP View A MAPublisher term for a distinct coordinate system A MAP Layer must reside within a MAP View Marquee A dashed rectangle drawn with a selection tool used to select multiple objects Meridian A line of longitude running vertically from the north pole to the south pole Meta Data Data about data typically including information such as currency accuracy and extent Meta data is typically stored in data models or data dictionaries MIF MID The MapInfo Map Interchange Format An ASCII file format pair exported from MapInfo GIS software The mif file contains the vector data and the mid file contains the attribute data MrSID MrSID is a file format developed by LizardTech that reduces the size of large high resolution images to a fraction of their original size while maintaining the original image quality and integrity N NAD North American Datum Network Two or more interconnected computer systems for implementation of specific functions or a set of interconnected graphic lines defining some spatial features Node The point or intersection at which areas or lines are joined endpoints of an arc NSDI National Spatial Data Infrastructure o Orthophoto A modified copy of a perspective photograph of the earth s surface with distortions due to tilt and relief removed Overlay A set of graphical data that can be superimposed on another se
71. ACCESSING THE NEW COORDINATE SYSTEM Once the definition has been successfully created and saved in the LocalCoordSysDef fme and Coordsys db files restart Illustrator to access the new definition as a selectable choice in the coordinate systems dropdown list 34 Technical Reference Guide Custom Projections UTM Zone co AO um E WH eum mum mum wm mum Ek kk EES kk EE U UU U U U U U U U N N N NN NN NN N AO o 3 0 OO wo 0o JO i UN Ow 040 U S UN OO w DD d Om i CUN O w DD 4 Ou SUN za oO wO d Ou WH sa GO Central Meridian 177W 171W 165W 159W 153W 147W 141W 135W 129W 123W 117W 111W 105W 99W 93W 87W 81W 75W 69W 63W 57W 51W 45W 39W 33W 27W 21W 15W ow 3W 3E 9E 15E 21E 27E 33E 39E 45E 51E 57E 63E 69E 75E 81E 87E 93E 99E 105E 111E 117E 123E 129E 135E 141E 147E 153E 159E 165E 171E 177E Longitude Range 180W 174W 174W 168W 168W 162W 162W 156W 156W 150W 150W 144W 144W 138W 138W 132W 132W 126W 126W 120W 120W 114W 114W 108W 108W 102W 102W 96W 96W 90W 90W 84W 84W 78W 78W 72W 72W 66W 66W 60W 60W 54W 54W 48W 48W 42W 42W 36W 36W 30W 30W 24W 24W 18W 18W 12W 12W 6W 6W 0 0 6E 6E 12E 12E 18E 18E 24E 24E 30E 30E 36E 36E 42E 42E 48E 48E 54E 54E 60E 60E 66E 66E 72E 72E 78E 78E 84E 84E 90E 90E 96E 96E 102E 102E 108E 108E 114E 114E 120E 120E 126E 126E 132E 132E 138E 138E 144E 144E 150E 150E 156E 156E 162E 162E 168E 168E 174E 174E 180E
72. AL Y MAP Symbol 01 IF CAPITAL C7 MAP Symbol 02 MAP Symbol 03 Therefore If the capital is Y assign the symbol MAP Symbol 01 If the capital is C assign the symbol MAP Symbol 02 All other symbols assign MAP Symbol 03 Technical Reference Guide Tips and Hints 41 NOTES FOR EXPORTING IMAGES If the document color mode is CMYK exporting an embedded image may result in increased file size compared to RGB mode If the image is LINKED consider the following 1 The image will be exported in the original colour mode of the image irrespective of the current colour mode of the document i e a linked grayscale image in a CMYK document will be exported as a grayscale image whereas a linked CMYK image in an RGB document will be exported as a CMYK image 2 A linked image with Alpha channels may be exported in a different colour model For example a grayscale with 2 alphas will export as an RGB or an RGB with an alpha channel will export as CMYK If the image is EMBEDDED consider the following 1 The image will be exported in the colour mode of document i e an embedded grayscale image in a CMYK document will be exported as a CMYK image whereas an embedded CMYK image in an RGB document will be exported as an RGB image 2 Embedded Grayscales do NOT pick up the document colour model i e an embedded grayscale image will be exported as grayscale 3 The export of embedded Bitmap images is not suppor
73. ASE The MAPublisher Online Knowledge Base is a searchable online archive that offers a variety of MAPublisher information including newsgroup items specific solutions and other contributions from Avenza MAPublisher resellers and other MAPublisher users The MAPublisher Online Knowledge Base is located at http www avenza com mapublisher knowledge base html INTERNET MAILING LISTS There are two very popular Internet mailing lists that are populated by experienced MAPublisher users worldwide and offer an open forum for discussing problems solutions tips and other general issues relating to MAPublisher and cartography These lists are also monitored by Avenza technical support staff who often participate with a solution or useful discussion item mapublisher l This is the main MAPublisher list Subscribe by sending an email to majordomo avenza com with the statement subscribe mapublisher l emailaddress in the body of the message Substitute your actual email address for lt emailaddress gt map mac This is a very popular mapping list to which many MAPublisher users belong It is not limited to mac related discussions Subscribe by sending an email to majordomo avenza com with the statement subscribe map mac emailaddress in the body of the message Substitute your actual email address for lt emailaddress gt ONLINE FAQS There is an ever growing list of Frequently Asked Questions and answers on the Avenza website at http www av
74. ATING NEW LAYERS TO HOLD ADDITIONAL FEATURES In order to plot points generate text use legends or plot grids scalebars and north arrows you will first be required to create extra Illustrator layers to hold this information This is due to the fact that layers cannot contain more than one feature type Therefore prior to generating these additional map features you need to first create a layer in the Illustrator layers palette on which these features will be held Subsequently in the MAP Views palette you should drag these layers into the MAP View which contains the coordinate system you require to plot the extra features The Feature Type you should specify for these features in the Define Layer dialog are as follows m for Text items Feature Text Label amp MAP Tagger pages 75 81 require you have a Text layer for output P for Point symbols Point Plot page 66 will not function without a Point layer selected 0 for Legend items Grids and Graticules page 84 Scale Bars page 106 and North Arrows page108 must be placed on Legend layers DUPLICATING AND DELETING MAP VIEWS MAP Views can be duplicated if you wish to make placement or projection edits to certain Illustrator layers while leaving the others alone This way you could drag the Illustrator layers you wish to edit into the Duplicate MAP View Additionally MAP Views that do not contain any Illustrator layers can be deleted Both of these tools can be accessed in the Options s
75. ATUM DEF ELLIPSOID DEE and UNIT DEF which define additional site specific coordinate systems 32 Technical Reference Guide Custom Projections As an example the NAD83 based UTM Zone 12 coordinate system defined in the LocalCoordSysDef fme file would be similar to the text below The meanings of these values are described in brackets COORDINATE SYSTEM DEF UTMI2N 83 DT NAME NAD83 PROJ TM UNIT METER DESC NM NAD83 based on UTM Zone meter SOURCE Source description PARMI 111 0 SCL_RED 0 9996 ORG_LAT 0 0 X_OFF 500000 0 Y_OFF 0 0 MAP SCL 1 0 DEFINING COORDINATE SYSTEM VARIABLES Coordinate System Name Datum Name Projection Type Unit Type Descriptive Name Source of the definition Additional parameter unique for this coordinate system Additional parameter unique for this coordinate system Additional parameter unique for this coordinate system Additional parameter unique for this coordinate system Additional parameter unique for this coordinate system Additional parameter unique for this coordinate system The following table provides an overview of the basic parameters required for defining a Local Coordinate System Note that not all of the parameters shown above are required for all coordinate systems definitions Please refer to pages 99 107 of the FME CS Support pdf document for unique requirements of each projection type NAME lt coordSysName gt
76. As a rule of thumb you should use one layer for each external file that you are importing What can I do when a filter does not appear to work Make sure that you have highlighted the desired Layer in the Layers palette and that it is unlocked and visible Make sure that what you have asked the filter to do makes sense e Try closing Illustrator and deleting your Illustrator preferences file Technical Reference Guide Frequently Asked Questions 15 GIS Backgrounder WHAT IS GIS A Geographic Information System GIS captures stores checks analyzes and displays georeferenced data about the earth A GIS uses a database management system DBMS to store and link data that relates to the same geographic area This facilitates the following types of queries what if e what is it where is it what spatial patterns exist what has changed since FEATURES OF A GIS ANALYTICAL TOOL GIS systems are used by all levels of governments academia and business for such diverse purposes as monitoring environmental changes sales planning census reporting municipal zoning land records mineral resource management and mapping telecommunications and cable television utilities In short a GIS serves many needs and can be thought of as an analytical tool since it can be used to determine spatial relationships between geographic areas A GIS contains a database linking spatial data with geographic information and lets you assoc
77. Avenza MAPublisher 7 User Guide Copyright 2000 2006 Avenza Systems Inc All rights reserved MAPublisher 7 for Adobe Illustrator User Guide for Windows and Macintosh MAPublisher and When Map Quality Matters are registered trademarks of Avenza Systems Inc Adobe Adobe Illustrator Adobe Acrobat and PostScript are trademarks of Adobe Systems Inc or its subsidiaries and may be registered in certain jurisdictions All other software product names and brands including trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners This manual and the software described in it are furnished under license and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such license The content of this manual is furnished for informational use only is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by Avenza Systems Inc or its related companies or successors Avenza Systems Inc assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors omissions or inaccuracies that may appear in this book We would like to thank Safe Software for contributing technical documentation which has been used in the Appendices of this User Guide Please see the Acknowledgements page A4 1 for contact information Except as permitted by such license no part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical recording or otherwise without prior
78. D NORTH ARROWS sseeeeeeeee een hh ehe nnn 105 xeu EMT 106 ADDING A SCALE BAR te E dee AEN nia de AEN E omen emer wea ERE NIRE 107 ADVANCED OPTIONS corto peEeUIAM E EPOR PIS ced eile wind oa ne bee ee eaves AR QeeDeeL S ESSE 107 EDITING A SGALE TEE 107 CREATE NORTH ARROWM dite SEENEN A rg ae EEN d VECES YE ERO PE NITE ECRIRE CIE 108 Chapter 13 WORKING WITH IMAGES eese e hehe nnn 109 REGISTER IMAGE iuis ark ee DEOPTASUT MERC G oy S REF VV ERRIRY REP QUERN ERREAEM qu UP ERG PIN QU QUE 110 USING REGISTER IMAGE 33 rema REPRE agri ex RR RARI LER RU EA PR Rata ena ole natalie 111 EXPORT IMAGE EE 112 Chapter 14 DRAWING TOOLS ode geg richten evo ev nn man e ew e a e a i nw 113 MAP AREATOOLS 5 isa raster e PECTEASGA RR REEEREERIARERCELRERERGYRIA FE DC EN UERKIAS FERNER PER PCR 114 APPENDICES rM 115 APPENDIX 1 TEGHNIGAL REFERENCE GUIDE sisi 1 rrr erra rege Re haee PECES S Saee il A1 1 APPENDIX 2 MAPUBLISHER 7 HOW T S oed hte eO ERR RURERAGG me E e EE ER A2 1 APPENDIX 3 UTILITIES AND BONUS FILES 3 erri ri e NK REY I odes tha Ea er RECO S Game eve A3 1 APPENDIX 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS onge dE Sh ER E RR E ae EE ERR EE DECRE REN eee AA 1 APPENDIX 5 GLOSSARY 5 atre sapere eS E Det IRI ues ee MAR Rn ten Du dh Db rre A5 1 vii What s New in MAPublisher 7 INTELLIGENT LABELING Map data can now be labeled based on defined label settings These settings include For point labels Define the position of labels relative to the co
79. ENER 80 TAGGINGIMAPDAIN 24 23 22 02 0 5227 2t WORDS A AE BEER 81 Chapter 9 GRIDS AND INDEXES EE 83 GRIDS AND GRATIGUEES deeg tua bane EE EEN EE SEENEN 84 INDEX GRIDS UU 85 GRATI CULES UT 85 MEASURED GRIDS cc cav Reeder ENEE ue REESEN 86 LABELLING OPTIONS 5er hee eee ve sine eee Mates dasa re eee np avenue ENEE Sai EN EE Ree Les 86 ADVANCED OPTIONS 453 233 dv arr AE eere gd e mer pre rex vr aun eL E Ver Eae Y deen Eed aes 86 GENERATING AND EDITING THE GRID s ve echt ro ehe Er ett E Fr Ee CS ER FERE Rer hex 87 MAKE INDEX vse cescu usne e eI E PUER e ERE ETE KENE MOREE E EEN STEE ENNEN EE NEEN ENEE EE 88 USING id 2qem T TP 89 Chapter 10 MAKING SELECTIONS EE 91 MAP SELECTION FILTERS estre kinn ERE Rar ERO AE E RE E E IER EEN SE ANEN 92 CREATING A SELECTION FILTER e ser ernetr gd ER KENE NEE RER REENEN ENEE Erd 92 EDITING AND DELETING SELECTION FILTERS xen cae es NEE EN NEEN te RR xm EEN REN EEN 93 MAKING SELECTIONS erer de tee EEN Eeer de PUE tA MAE E 93 SELECTION STATISTICS EE 94 vi Chapter 11 LINE FUNCTIONS cco gege avs EE EELER EE EELER S n eie REEL EELER 97 BUFFER LINES i 0 3 rite VIS rov n ERR dE POUR E PXRERRERAAE BEE ERANT 98 FLP LINES siya 55 8 wr tres rm 99 dal Hl LEE 100 SIMPLIFY LINES Aires gg Aere ee AE EEEE T AER ec Ee awe 101 JOIN POINTS 5 eor oe ERE REO Ux EE IT eR ERE IRIS In ev dE VIRG PUN C bete Va V VIE ERU TRI EE SER 102 Chapter 12 SCALE BARS AN
80. ERE EE A1 1 MAPUBLISHER IMPORT FORMATS Liste es Kean RR RE y Va avai va a e i enel eod e et UR Nett A1 2 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 5 eter tox pet eve pee ERE me eem E kie drea lee aai ex here A1 10 Iristallation Activation ISsues vv gege PEE PISO Fes co PERPE PER COP PUEE TK E ERE ERE A ert A1 10 Memory and Speed I55U65 tg sssxse verc or e Ipaa E DU EE REENEN HEAT ROT RR R E RI RR OS ele eds A1 11 Data Impotrt 5SU6S s veu iow POR OV QV ERE KENIA EE Ee EU SERERE B QUSE NE PEE A1 11 EXPOMING ISSUES P A1 13 Labelirigilssu s score I Ev RI ET E RR RUE YSR SUR ERN EVISENIENU S RENE IC RPIN ER DER KU EE EDU A1 13 Projection ISSu65 s eie du e rv E FE ERFERTEE WR A ERG ART RR R CORRER NUES ERCRERER FRE EDELEN aa EE A1 14 Other ISSUCS 44 ite Age TE ENEE eege A1 14 GIS BACKGROUNDER ssc i saistie avetsgnnre ex tano Pete eh bles E de URN Mere De ee viales A1 16 GRAPHICS BACKGROUNDER gedreet e dee E ee PX da che A1 18 MEMORY CONSIDERATIONS 3 eris g pre sieni Er RE PT E E kr ERO eR T EETERRERFESEE EUCH E E ils A1 20 ONLINE LINKS oce ya EE eu uade og Piae pa D ERES EN dU BED A1 22 Free MapData 4 oer sse c ENEE NNN peer ed ON ER MU wane ne sib a reve E dM EE MEME S A1 22 Other Valuable Mapping Links A1 24 TECHNICAL SUPPORT OPTIONS rrr RR REENEN EES RITE S EE EDO NE RU A1 25 AEL ABOUT PROJECTIONS uh n ertet eh Rhe RR NY Caine rx UR aene d doce e A1 27 CUSTOM PROJECTIONS sorte pRpRMU Hee UNE Aerer ENEE NN UMP TI
81. IBUTES New with MAPublisher 7 x is the concept of property attributes for map data In addition to the attribute values that were created upon data import or within a work session Area Line Point and Text layers will also be assigned a number of additional MAPublisher attribute columns These Property columns prefixed with a are designed to indicate the physical properties of map art on the Illustrator canvas Art can be modified directly from the attribute table by making edits to values in these columns The following property columns are attached to valid map layers in this version of MAPublisher Area layers AreaDirection VertexCount Style StrokeWeight Perimeter PathClosed ArtScale Area Line layers VertexCount Style StrokeWeight PathClosed Length ArtScale P Point layers HorizontalScale VerticalScale Rotation Style m Text layers Text TextLength Rotation Style describes the direction as clockwise or counter clockwise Editing this value will reverse the direction accordingly describes the number of points in the art This property cannot be set describes the Graphic Style in use Editing this property will apply the selected style to the art describes the stroke weight of the path Editing this property will alter the stroke weight of the art describes the perimeter of the area in world units This property cannot be set describes whether or not the path is clos
82. Kilomete Mile selected scale bar E i Labeled intervals Enter the r gt 4 Advanced the number of interval which Advanced toggle Click to __ will comprise each bar show or hide the scale bar Number of labeled intervals 5 4 i divide E tions in thei tion Intervals to subdivide Enter SEN m gt Number of horizontal lines 0 g 0 E the number of scale bar Horizontal lines Number of intervals to subdivide 0 HJ fo m 4L intervals to be subdivided Select the desired number of EE 2 S 2 x horizontal lines to be included gt E Add interval left of zero in the scale bar Used with 1 Add interval left of 0 lt Check this box to have an certain scale bar styles only interval placed on the scale bar Labeling to the left of the zero mark Sub intervals Text style amp fNormal Character St Selectthenumberofsub us es y 8 Labeling Set a style for labels 2 E E intervals for each subdivided M Display scale value above fe from the Character Styles scale bar interval C Display page to map units ratio above palette Display the scale value SC and specify its location Page units for captions Inch E Display a page to map units 1 A 2 A ratio and choose its location i Display units to right of last interval label Display the units used in each bar if required FUNCTIONALITY MAPublisher contains ten different Scale Bar designs that you may incorporate into your map After creatio
83. MAP Stylesheets MAP Stylesheet Editor ASSIGNING AN EXPRESSION The Expression field describes the criteria for applying the style rule By default the field displays the currently entered expression if any Clicking on the Expression field opens either the Simple Expression panel or the Advanced Expression panel depending the Expression Mode and the current expression see page 44 To choose the mode in which to compose your expression select the Simple or Advanced radio button Then assign an expression for each rule using the guidelines below Simple Expressions The Simple Expression panel is intended to facilitate quick expression generation First choose a Column You can select from the dropdown list or manually type in a name Choose a Comparison There are five options available Equadlto gt Greater than or equal to gt Greater than lt Less than or equal to lt Less than l Notequal to Select the Value against which the comparison will be applied You can pick the value from the dropdown or enter the value manually Similarly the value does not have to appear in the list to be valid If you chose any Comparison except Equal to you then have the option of extending your expression further Clicking the Range operator checkbox enables an additional Comparison and Value input pair As with the first set you must pick a Comparison and a Value thus completing your expression Advanced Expressions T
84. MPROVED SYMBOLOGY Improved symbology e g road treatments and cartographic symbols than is available in traditional GIS software SPEED DRAWING You can easily turn on and off selected layers of a map to speed drawing This can be done by turning off specified layers and or limiting the display of selected layers to simple vectors with all symbology removed Not only will this speed the handling of the map it lets you easily use underlying vectors for reference with no distraction or distortion caused by mapping symbology ACTUAL SIZE VIEWING In addition to standard zooming and panning capabilities you can view the details on a map at the actual size at which they will be plotted printed RULERS GUIDES AND ALIGNMENT TOOLS Rulers with adjustable guides and multi combination alignment tools are available for use in aligning map objects GROUPING AND UNGROUPING There is grouping and ungrouping functionality When items are grouped you still retain the option of separately accessing querying and otherwise working with the individual components of a map group STORE RELATED OBJECTS Individual but related map objects can be stored together by groups or by layers or both within the graphic file This provides additional control and support in handling and organizing the map components TEXT PLACEMENT The graphics environment offers a truly hands on text placement environment and goes well beyond that of a GIS For example text can be ea
85. OCATION TOOL 1 bar REESE ev RER dai dE REENEN ENEE ER d e EE NN EA EE 38 MAP ATTRIBUTES rire RE REIERESUESRRARRERIFREFCRRREREKEREENCE KEE dE Ee REENEN EE 39 FIND amp REPLACE ATTRIBUTES trn ra RE EREREETCERRA EUER Y PYWE ERE doy deg E RR RE 41 EDIT SCHEMA iieri ar b EEN ENEE RER REN RIREENCURRAKRRER AR GRE 42 EDIT EXPRESSION g e fter etx e EROR dE dE EEN PIC RYE ENEE S RE EEN eu 44 IMPORT TABLE eoe ee eelere fg S Re ae bmp heefeg d r Rr Ie A de RR Eure E 47 APPLY EXPRESSION uge ee EEN ERI x e SE Renee EEN e eo alan d elt e tele p s nari 49 Chapter 5 MAP VIEWS i9 esci er six E RITE S ERR EXC KU Sino Reason paws WS COITU AOS VEDO me Ces 51 MAP VIEWS PALETTE EE 52 REPROJECTING MAP LAYERS BY DRAG AND DOP 54 LAYER NAME SEARCH amp REPLACE nre rx Ren ex SEXE EPErE RU E YN EXEEEr Ke EE E RE a i ode 54 MERGE EAYERS AR ee EE Ee d NEE NR MESS eu ETUR ER e RE REG e e YR 54 ASSIGNING GEOREFERENCING INFORMATION TO ILLUSTRATOR LAYERS see ce eens eee ene e eee eee 54 CREATING NEW MAP LAYERS vss 1 kt besteet e ER Nie IO In UR Ree EEN renee enue Seay aw een 55 CREATING DUPLICATING AND DELETING MAP VIEWS 55 REMOVING MAPUBLISHER INFORMATION 55 SOURCE PROJECTION eer xe ques eege dale dads E EE dee Beer e Bay rees 56 MAP VIEW EDITOR ipte etae E VEU I dad Esebuer cus meme eA PE Pee da 57 FIND PROJECTION os ee pusueeet rere Fur eee e ee EEEE Ha ie dae 59 IMPORT MAP VIEW Lesser eg Verte DE cused sinner E PU EPUM He a
86. PS EN Aere A1 32 UNIVERSAL TRANSVERSE MERCATOR UTM ZONE MAR A1 35 GENERAL TIPS AND HINTS ror rr Rr rDDRERERET CURE NEE EEN EE pee Ee E DOLCE YER gales A1 36 Creating ASCII Delimited Point Files uet e rh dE EN geed NEE AE eg Ee A1 36 Joining SDTS Tables EE A1 37 Rotating Objects Individually in Adobe Illustrator I A1 37 Georeferencing an Adobe Illustrator Pie A1 38 Tips on Exporting to other GIS Software A1 39 Tips on Exporting Data Tables euer Eed NNN EEN NEE trt hh EEN ENNEN KENNEN E Y VE VE Neien A1 39 Douglas Peucker Line Simplification ehe A1 40 Bezier Curves and other MAPublisher Operattons n ee A1 40 Creating Symbols for use in Point Stylesheets mene A1 41 Creating a Stylesheet Template A1 41 Creating a Multi Condition IF statement sssssssssssesessessseee eme heh hehe A1 41 Notes for Exporting Images i riacter iae bhee ag ri CER dee A RETI PPRERET PEE ERE TOTE A1 42 Appendix 2 MAPUBLISHER 7 HOW TO S FOR LEGACY USERS eu A2 1 LEGEND FUNCTIONALITY IN MAP STVLESHEETS em eme mee A2 1 GRID AND SCALEBAR OPERATIONS eee EA xr RUE EXPE ds ANNER Aer eR UR E ER VE Ree RR A2 2 COPY pi I pcm ere dr de deM d EN Absender A2 3 Appendix 3 UTILITIES AND BONUS FILES au A3 1 Appendix 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS cece cece cece cece cece renee eee hh nn nnn A4 1 Appendix 5 GLOSSARY eese ha me EENS ENEE EEN ER AQUA EE ENEE ENEE A5 1 115 Appendix 1 Technical Reference Guide Graphic File Formats AI The Ad
87. Point layer containing the points you wish to join Then specify if you wish to join All Points or just the Selected Points on this layer by clicking the appropriate radio button Specify a name for the Output Layer that this function will generate By default the program will generate a Ll Line layer To generate an A Area layer by linking the line end to the start check the Close paths option In the Group By Column dropdown select the attribute column containing the common attributes you wish to join together For example to join points based on a unique ID you should select the column containing the common ID names This will result in point symbols containing the same name being joined together 102 Line Functions Join Points As each point that is joined will be represented by a node in a line string you must now specify a logical order by which the points will be joined For example it is logical that the point which was captured by a GPS unit first should be at the first node in the line string with the second and third points being located at the second and third nodes In order to specify these parameters you must choose columns by which to sort your points These should be attribute columns which contain rising alphabetical or numerical values In the Sort By Available Columns list select the primary sorting column This should be the attribute column that contains the best fit for rising alphabetical or numerical values For e
88. Settings i By geometry Bezier curves Blocks Check this box if you O By attribute schema A Input Coordinates want to explode blocks and Axis Column return the entities that form Blocks the components of the block E S P v Expand info entities X Column4 94 Multipliers as separate features Y Coumn3 31 33444 Visual Attributes Visual Attributes Check this box if you want each visible attribute to be returned as a single text feature Expand info text entities Use first line as a header detected Paper Space Read Use first line as a header If Multipliers Click this Paper Space Setting to Read the first line of the text file you button to open the will instruct MAPublisher to EE orting con tains column Multipliers dialog also read the entities from Bulge Handling Determines how AutoCAD curves are handled headings check this box paper space By default onimport By default the arcs are approximated by splitting m MAPublisher will only read the them into a series of connected segments vectorized In rare Multipliers entities from model space cases when the number of points on the map becomes a critical consideration an approximation with smooth Bezier curves can Coordinate Multipliers EE x ho Y 10 ESRI ArcInfo Export Settings Settings Enable Specify if you require the p 3 creation of a layer holding the EE registrat
89. The USGS Greenwood map server UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE The FWS carries a variety of map data in the USGS DLG format http www fws gov OTHER VALUABLE MAPPING LINKS The following are some additional places on the Internet where you can find news reviews tips and general GIS cartographic and geographic information GIS CAFE http www giscafe com GIS DICTIONARY http www geo ed ac uk agidict welcome html GIS LOUNGE http www gislounge com GIS DEVELOPMENT http www gisdevelopment net UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH http www geo ed ac uk home gishome html UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GEOPLAN CENTER http www geoplan ufl edu US CENSUS BUREAU http www census gov 24 Technical Reference Guide Online Links Technical Support Options MAPublisher support is provided free of charge to customers with a current MAPublisher Maintenance Program MMP subscription see page A1 26 All new license and upgrade purchases include a one year MMP subscription Customers without a current MMP subscription may obtain support from a qualified MAPublisher technical specialist at the rate of US 49 per incident TECHNICAL SUPPORT Please consult the FAQs on pages A1 10 to A1 15 the additional how to s on the following pages as well as the following online options before contacting Avenza technical support as your situation may be easily addressed by one of the answers contained therein MAPUBLISHER ONLINE KNOWLEDGE B
90. UTM Zone Map 12345 67 8 9 1011121314 15 16 17 1819 20 21 22 2324 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 3334 35 36 37 3839 40 41 42 4344 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 5354 55 56 57 5859 60 1234567 8 9 1011121314 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2324 25 26 27 2829 3031 32 3334 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 4344 45 46 47 4849 50 51 52 5354 55 56 57 5859 60 Technical Reference Guide UTM Zone Map 35 General Tips and Hints CREATING ASCII DELIMITED POINT FILES There may be times when you wish to add a point or a series of points to your map but you do not have a GIS or ASCII file containing these points ready for import Provided you have the real world coordinates for the locations you wish to plot you can manually create a delimited ASCII file using a text editor ex Notepad BBEdit SimpleText Ultra Edit etc or a spreadsheet program ex Excel Lotus 123 etc This file can then be imported using either Simple or Advanced Import using the ASCII Point Data import format One column in the file must contain the X coordinates of the points and another must contain the Y coordinates You can add as many additional columns as you wish containing additional information to be imported as attribute data If you are using a text editor you can simply type in your data in the following format Column 1 Header Column 2 Header Column 3 Header etc Column 1 Value 1 Column 2 Value 1 Column 3 Value 1 etc Column 1 Value 2 Column 2 Value 2 Co
91. View provided it does not contain any Illustrator layers Source Projection Allows you to specify the coordinate system of the currently selected MAP View Specify Anchors For manually establishing the tie in point between Map and Page Anchors should only be used for new MAP Views or for the correction of georeferencing errors Import MAP View Imports MAP Views and associated MAP Layers from other open documents retaining georeferencing and attribute information Export Enables the export of the selected MAP View or MAP Layer to various GIS formats Merge Layers Allows the combining of two or more MAP Layers as long as their attribute structures match Ctrl select the layers in the MAP Views palette Layer Name Search amp Replace To search for text within layer names and specify an alternative Useful for multi layer imports Define Layer Automatically opens when dragging a Non map layer into a specified MAP View Specify Projection Automatically opens when dragging a MAP Layer to an alternate MAP View and either the source or destination MAP View has an unspecified coordinate system men Missi jection Specify custom Di projection Define Layer Specify Projection Check this You must specify a feature type for The County UTM MAP View does not contain any projection option and then layer New Data infor
92. a Common Global Projections Common Regional Projections e EPSG Europe e Pacific e US others BY PROPERTY e Compromise Conformal Equal Area Equidistant Latitude Longitude e Perspective BY SCOPE e Continent e Hemisphere e Region World BY USE Geological Navigation Presentation Thematic Topographic USGS suitable STATE PLANES e State Planes HPGN e State Planes HPGN FT e State Planes HPGN IFT State Planes NAD83 nn State Planes NAD83 FT nn State Planes NAD27 nn State Planes NAD83 IFT UTM UTM UTM UTM UTM UTM UTM UTM UTM UTM UTM UTM ERP50 W HPGN HPGN FT HPGN IFT INTNL NAD27 NAD27 FT NAD27 IFT NAD83 NAD83 FT NADS83 IFT Abbreviations ERP50 W EPSG FI HPGN IFT INTNL NAD27 NAD83 UTM European Datum 1950 West European Petroleum Survey Group in Feet High Precision Geodetic Network in International Feet International North American Datum 1927 North American Datum 1983 Universal Transverse Mercator Technical Reference Guide All About Projections 31 Custom Projections WORKING WITH CUSTOM COORDINATE SYSTEMS A coordinate system within MAPublisher defines a mathematical model of the conversion between a specific location on the earth and a set of coordinates Coordinate system definitio
93. abels to be added to your map based on the attribute data of the features Line Point or Area MAP Layers containing attribute information can be labeled using this filter This tool functions similarly to the Feature Text Label filter However labels are created here by simply clicking on the feature with the Tagger Tool to generate the label You also have greater control over the initial placement of the label with this tool because the label is placed where you click plus the tool also provides the ability to create leader lines for labeling congested areas of the map In addition you may specify options such as alignment to lines of latitude minimum font size horizontal scaling and label position to place labels intelligently PREREQUISITES Before using this filter you must create a 1 Text layer in your MAP Views palette Create a new Illustrator layer and then drag it to the MAP View holding the features you wish to label Set the feature type to Text when prompted Furthermore it is often useful to set your default text size justification and font at this stage as MAPublisher will generate labels based on these settings The MAP Tagger Tool can be found towards the bottom of the Illustrator Tools palette Simply double click the 55 tool to create new label settings or to edit settings MAP TAGGER SETTINGS SOURCE LAYER amp COLUMN You must first set the options for MAPublisher to determine the attributes that will be convert
94. ader line connects text to line feature Labeling Functions MAP Tagger Tool 81 Chapter 9 Grids and Indexes MAPublisher contains tools for easily creating map grids and map indexes Grids can be created for reference purposes or to follow designated lines such as latitude and longitude and can also be labeled for indexing When a labeled grid has been established MAPublisher is able to generate index files containing the location of text objects in MAP Layers v LE Cub Le 2123 NOM AZ A FD This section of the user guide details the use of the MAPublisher Grids and Graticules and Make Index filters for quickly and easily creating accurate grids and indexes for your map s p reizticigo Kal Kijstus Piedz Filter MAP Legend Grids and Graticules Object gt Edit Grid Edit Graticules Grids and Graticules Grids and Graticules Grid Graticule Selection Click the appropriate button to select the grid type required and e Index Grid to assign settings see below Note Measured Grids can only a be created on MAP Views in non Graticules geodetic coordinate systems Axis Labels Solid graphic shows labels will be generated Click an axis label to toggle all labels on that axis ON or OFF Line Labels Solid graphic shows labels will be generated Click the line label to toggle it ON or OFF Label Direction Click to reverse the direction that labels increment Cell Labels Soli
95. ale Bar can be achieved by modifying the properties of the style in the Character Styles palette Use the bounding box of the generated grid or scale bar View Show Bounding Box to resize Resizing scale bars horizontally will add or remove intervals from the bar s Resizing scale bars vertically will adjust the width of the bar s Resizing grids horizontally or vertically will add or remove component cells in the grid EXPORTING GRIDS To export a grid you must first expand the object Object Expand then move it to an Area layer Alternatively expand your grid move the legend layer to the Non map layers category then move it back into the MAP View specifying the feature type as Area MISSING DATA IN GRIDS ON PROJECTED MAP VIEWS Certain projections may cause incomplete grids and graticules to be drawn Such issues may occur if the MAP View is in a polar projection or the extents of the data cross the 180 degree west east meridian If the generation of a grid graticule causes blank or incomplete results the following workflow should be executed 1 Reproject the MAP View to a standard Lat Long projection i e NAD27 Lat Long Degrees 2 Generate your grid or graticules on this MAP View 3 Expand the object Object Expand 4 Create a new Area layer in the MAP View Drag the expanded grid to this new layer 5 Reproject the MAP View back to the original projection COPY AND PASTE The MAP Copy Paste func
96. ale Bars can also be edited after placement via the Object Edit Scale Bar menu item Automatically resize scale bars vertically via dragging the bounding box NEW MAP ATTRIBUTES PALETTE amp FUNCTIONS Editing Edited values are now immediately stored in the document no need to click Apply Edit Schema Edit the column name column type column width Add and delete columns Assign expressions to columns Show or hide columns Make columns editable or read only Edit the order in which the columns are shown in the viewer Properties New Property Columns allow for the viewing and editing of graphic properties of map objects viii What s New in MAPublisher 7 Find amp Replace Find amp Replace values in the attribute viewer including property attributes Import Table Import external data tables directly into current attribute schemas Apply Expression Assign expressions to currently selected art i e point rotations scaling etc Context menu Activate functions via right click PROPERTY ATTRIBUTES A number of property attribute columns have been included which are available on map layers This allows the editing of art from within the attribute palette such as assigning styles and symbology to data assigning stroke weights rotations etc These editable data properties include For area layers Vertex Count Graphic Style Stroke Weight Perimeter length of the area perimeter Path Closed Yes or No For line layers Vertex Co
97. and 40 44 S Technical Reference Guide All About Projections 29 e Eckert IV Equal Area Used for world maps is a pseudocylindrical and equal area The central meridian is straight the 180th meridians are semi circles whereas other meridians are elliptical Scale is true along the parallel at 40 30 North and South e Eckert VI Equal Area Is also used for maps of the world and is pseudocylindrical and equal area The central meridian and all parallels are at right angles all other meridians are sinusoidal curves Shape distortion increases at the poles Scale is correct at standard parallels of 49 16 North and South e Robinson Is based on tables of coordinates not mathematical formulas The projection distorts shape area scale and distance in an attempt to balance the errors of projection properties e Sinusoidal Equal Area Maps in this projection have straight parallels at right angles to a central meridian Other meridians are sinusoidal curves Scale is true only on the central meridian and the parallels Often used in countries with a larger north south than east west extent DATUMS AND ELLIPSOIDS OVERVIEW An ellipsoid is a mathematical figure generated by the revolution of an ellipse about one of its axes The earth is not a sphere but an ellipsoid distorted by rotation about its axis with the globe bulging at the equator and flattened at the poles The actual amount of the flattening is approximately 21 5 km difference between th
98. apter 8 Labeling Functions One of the most useful features of MAPublisher is the ability to create labels for map objects using values from the attribute tables Manually entering and placing labels is not necessary provided that the labeling information is included in the map database of the layer being labeled MAPublisher provides two methods of adding labels to your map both of which contain options to place labels intelligently using defined Label Settings One way to create feature labels is to first select all the features you want to be labeled and use Feature Text Label to label all of them by specified attribute values An alternate method involves using the MAP Tagger Tool to apply labels individually 75 Labeling Tools for Feature Text Label and MAP Tagger Tool Layer Labels OK Source Layer Lists the Source Layer Column Text Layer Point Line and Area layers 1 IB cies Cty Name ITicty text iv NN which can be labeled For 2 DN kes Lake Name drainage text Jl Feature Text Label only 3 drainage System Name Didrainage text iv layers containing selected 4 E roads Road Number Droad text iv items are listed 5 DN counties County Name M county text Iv Source Column Select the Label Settings A Line Labels column that contains the values you wish to use to label the selected features Label Settings Click the appropriate button to assign label settings and rules
99. art describes the Character Style in use Editing this property will apply the selected style to the art Please refer to the MAP Attributes section page 39 for information on viewing and editing property attributes Attributes and Georeferencing Foreword 37 MAP Location Tool Toolbar MAP Location Tool ES and Window gt MAPublisher Statistics gt MAP Location Displays the parameters of the currently selected layer ece WX WY The X amp Y coordinates MERITI Latitude Longitude The X amp Y of the cursor in current Map Units WX 5259730 487127 WY 31556232 558614 coordinates of the cursor in degrees Scale 1 Scale of Longitude 0 000000 Latitude 90 000000 4 amp p e ede B 9 Jy Scale 1 160836451 60000 Angle 0 00000 _m Angle Angle of Rotation the current layer Map X 17017473 48019 Page X 0 pt Page X Y Page Anchors amp t Map X Y Map Anchors Map Y 6446644 14365 Page Y 0 pt DU e Projection World Mollweide meter Projection Coon dinate system Units Units ofthe gt Units Meter of the layer if specified coordinate system Shift click to copy coordinates if specified Copy Notification When the location cursor is active you will see this text enabling you to copy the current X amp Y coordinates of the mouse cursor FUNCTIONALITY The MAPublisher Location Tool displays the coordinate
100. ator loads the entire file into memory rather than just reading it from disk thus more RAM memory is required When you are importing a large number of files into Illustrator using MAPublisher you ll notice that the amount of available memory will decrease rapidly and your computer loses speed This is due to the memory management MAPublisher reserves a fairly large amount of memory for each import action which is not properly returned when the import is done The solution is simple save your file close it and open it again It s not even necessary to close Illustrator itself By closing the file the reserved memory is properly returned 20 Technical Reference Guide Memory Considerations RAM SAVING TIPS Since a percentage of the memory is taken for attribute storage drop any redundant or otherwise unnecessary attribute fields from the map attributes table Many sources of street data include paths vectors that are segmented based on street addressing information You can use the MAPublisher Join Lines filter to join these into single linear features based on a selected attribute field Reducing the number of objects and data records in the map file will free up memory Many GIS data files are large and when a series of such files is imported you may find that the import filter starts to run more slowly This is because scratch and memory allocations are being used up The best solution is to periodically save your work quit out of Adob
101. aware of the following MAPublisher will import projected data with atrue scale and appropriate map anchors Unlike unprojected data these map anchors will not be in lat long but rather in a coordinate system appropriate for the particular projection For most file formats the name of the projection datum and units will be recognized by MAPublisher However if the program cannot find this information in the data and you wish to subsequently reproject your data you will be required to specify the coordinate system Additionally please be aware that MAPublisher is a 2D mapping program Therefore if you attempt to import 3D data with MAPublisher it will be converted to two dimensional artwork by the importers Map Data File Formats 23 Chapter 3 Importing Map Data The Import filters are the main starting point for most users wanting to work with GIS map data in Adobe Illustrator These are the filters that must be used to import GIS data files set the initial map scale and define your cartographic workspace to start making maps MAPublisher supports the Import of the following GIS data formats AutoCAD dxf dwg ESRI ArcInfo Export e00 ESRI Arcinfo Generate gen ESRI Shapefile shp MapInfo Interchange mif mid MapInfo Table tab MicroStation dgn TIGER Line rt1 bw1 USGS Digital Line Graph dlg opt USGS SDTS ddf ASCII Point txt csv dat See pages 20 to 22 for a des
102. ayed in the attribute table as well as the standard MAPublisher property attributes To assign an expression to a column simply enter a valid expression in the Expression field The Expression Validity icon will report if the expression entered is valid Otherwise it will report S and include additional warning notes Alternatively click on the Browse button to enter and edit expressions via the Edit Expression tool page 44 The following are some examples of basic expressions which can be assigned to selected data with Apply Expression Ontario applied to column NAME Result All selected items are assigned the value Ontario in the NAME column MAP Area 01 applied to column Style Result All selected area items are assigned the value MAP Area 01 in the Style column Same items are assigned the Graphic Style MAP Area 01 on the page 45 applied to Rotation Result All selected point items are assigned the value 45 in the Rotation column Items are rotated to 45 on the page Click the OK button to apply the expression to the selected data updating the values in the selected attribute column and transforming data as appropriate Attributes and Georeferencing Apply Expression 49 Chapter 5 MAP Views P rT Kleng The MAP Views palette is the hub from which many P additional MAPublisher features may be accessed The VK 5288 palette itself will display the Illustrator l
103. ayers that exist in d J the current document as sub layers of distinct coordinate d K f X systems or MAP Views From this tool you can specify E Mu D coordinate systems for Illustrator layers reproject data edit scales and data placement merge layers and export to GIS formats f p During a standard Import process an Illustrator layer will 1 ran Salt Cr ek i N Am Rapids SE be created for each feature type automatically and will pw eh 5 ERE a 4 beautomatically appended with a point line area 2 Se RIV ER or text suffix in the Illustrator layers palette Certain file Ss We types will generate multiple layers such as the levels Ns H found in DGN or DXF but they will be similarly split up by E SAY _W6L6 feature type A single import of such files will produce PEST yga C asa a single MAPublisher View as an import can only d V BL rum We AUT SS take place in a single coordinate system Custom MAP Ce Views may be created in order to georeference existing d A 9422 st AN Illustrator artwork Breezy es Stairs Pty 3283 The following pages will deal with the creation and management of MAP Views specifying and changing a coordinate system editing scales and data placement on the page merging Illustrator layers and exporting to GIS formats via the use of the following tools MAP Views palette Layer Name Search amp Replace Merge Layers Specify Anchors Source Projection MAP Vie
104. be Illustrator Printed in Canada Avenza Systems Inc December 2006 Welcome Avenza welcomes you to mapmaking in the 21st century Combined with Adobe Illustrator MAPublisher has revolutionized the art of mapmaking by allowing spatial data files to be used to create maps inside a vector graphics program MAPublisher allows all your cartographic tasks to be performed where they should be done in a powerful graphics environment This manual assumes that the user is familiar with Adobe Illustrator and has at least a basic understanding of geographic information systems GIS terminology and concepts Please refer to your Adobe Illustrator user guide for more information on using Adobe Illustrator A glossary of GIS terms is included at the back of this manual By following this manual you will learn how to create maps using the MAPublisher filters in Adobe Illustrator This manual covers the concepts necessary to build a map and perform fundamental cartographic and GIS tasks A variety of GIS data as well as a MAPublisher 7 tutorial document MP7tutorial pdf have been provided on your MAPublisher 7 CD or with your MAPublisher 7 download for use with this guide however we do encourage you to experiment with your own data to gain additional experience with MAPublisher s tools and functions Together MAPublisher and Adobe Illustrator will give you a totally integrated cartographic design software system with graphics tools and geographic functions
105. be immediately assigned to the applicable stylesheet Checking this option will immediately apply the new stylesheets to map art on target layers whereas unchecking this option means the new stylesheets will not be applied on document open allowing you to manually drag target layers into the applicable stylesheet later Note auto assignment conversions are slower 2 Determine if you wish to merge similar converted stylesheets i e stylesheets with a matching feature type and original map layer into a single stylesheet Note this option will be disabled if it is not applicable Tables MAPublisher Table functions have been removed in this release being replaced by a new Import Table tool Table information held on table layers i e MPTables layers will be removed on document open Therefore ensure that all tables have been joined to the vector art prior to opening the document in MAPublisher 7 ALL MAPUBLISHER DOCUMENTS IN New Document Format ILLUSTRATOR 10 OR EARLIER FORMAT M p ublisher 7 Legacy Text Conversion Illustrator CS CS2 Adobe introduced new methods on dealing with text art in Illustrator CS Therefore files containing MAPublisher text objects must be converted using MAPublisher Legacy Text prompt Illustrator s AND MAPublisher s text conversion utilities Fiscal If the Illustrator Legacy Text Conversion prompt is shown when opening a legacy document you must click OK This will allow MAPubl
106. ber of parallels The central meridian is straight Other meridians are complex curves The parallels are non concentric circles Scale is true along each parallel and along the central meridian AZIMUTHAL PROJECTIONS Azimuthal Equidistant These projections are sometimes used to show air route distances Distances measured from the centre are true Distortion of other properties increases away from the centre point Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area Is sometimes used to map large ocean areas The central meridian is a straight line others are curved A straight line drawn through the centre point is on a great circle Orthographic Are used for perspective views of hemispheres Area and shape are distorted Distances are true along the equator and other parallels Stereographic Are used for navigation in polar regions Directions are true from the centre point and scale increases away from the centre point as does distortion in area and shape MISCELLANEOUS PROJECTIONS Unprojected Maps Include those that are formed by considering longitude and latitude as a simple rectangular coordinate system Scale distance area and shape are all distorted with the distortion increasing toward the poles e Mollweide Used for world maps is pseudocylindrical and equal area The central meridian is straight The 90th meridians are circular arcs Parallels are straight but unequally spaced Scale is true only along the standard parallels of 40 44 N
107. ck the Settings button KEEP FORMAT EXTENSION The MAP Layer or MAP View you are exporting will be the default name of the exported file However the feature type text i e area line point or text appended to Illustrator layers by MAPublisher in the Import process will be removed during the export process unless you specify that you wish to keep this If you wish to keep the feature type text check the Keep format extension option EXPORT VISIBLE ATTRIBUTES Check this option to export only the attributes that are currently visible in the MAP Attributes palette If this option is not checked all attribute columns including MAPublisher stProperty attributes will be exported AUTOCAD SETTINGS When exporting to AutoCAD click the Settings button to specify the AutoCAD version 62 MAP Views Export CHOOSING A DESTINATION FOLDER Most of the export formats will require the selection of a destination folder only For export to ESRI or MapInfo formats simply click the Browse button to specify a destination folder Click the OK button to export your MAP Layer In the case of exporting to AutoCAD format you will be required to specify a name for the exported file and select the file extension DXF or DWG to be used For MicroStation you will be required to specify a name for the exported file If you wish to export to either of these formats click the Browse button to name the export file and then choose the file format from the Fo
108. click the OK button If the search has returned results these results will be displayed in the MAP View Editor or Source Projection in the Search Results category and can be immediately selected in order to reproject your data or to assign a coordinate system Search results will be stored in this category until you restart Illustrator or perform another Find Projection ROTATION A rotation figure can be applied or edited by specifying an angle in the entry field or by using the clock hand to rotate the MAP View graphically Notice that changes to rotation will be automatically previewed in the Preview Pane with the green rectangle and arrow depicting the new orientation of the data NEW MAP VIEWS The MAP View Editor is opened by default when creating a New MAP View This will enable you to quickly specify the name coordinate system and page scaling for your New MAP View This functionality will be discussed in detail in How to Georeference an Illustrator file on page A1 38 After you have created a new MAP View you must use the Specify Anchors option from the MAP Views palette to define the tie in point between Map Anchors and Page Anchors see page 53 Map Anchor values must be entered in units that are indicative of the unit of measurement used in the chosen coordinate system which may mean that they may not always be in degrees or Lat Long MAP Views MAP View Editor 59 Import MAP View MAP Views palette Import MAP Vi
109. cription of these formats There are two Import filters available which will be discussed in detail in this section Simple Import This filter is designed to provide a fast way to import one file or several files of the same data format and coordinate system into Adobe Illustrator Advanced Import This filter provides functionality to import a number of files of differing data type and or coordinate systems into Adobe Illustrator 25 Format Select the data type you wish to import This dropdown Simple Import File Import Map Data Simple Simple Settings Opens a Settings box if the file format requires the input of extra parameters such as for the lists the names of all MAPublisher supported data types Import Y gt Format MapInfo TAB import of DGN DXF DWG E00 and Settings ASCII Point Data see facing page Dataset Displays the directory path Dataset C Program Files Avenza MAPublisher Tutorial Data usa tab L Le and filename for the currently selected file s You can also manually type in the dataset location here Character encoding System v lt L Browse Opens a Data Source Source MAP View Providesa _ description of the coordinate system and units detected in the data source Projection Category Choose a category appropriate to the data to be imported For all the coordinate systems select All Projections
110. ct a map or page unit to be used for proximity values FUNCTIONALITY The MAPublisher Simplify Lines filter allows for the simplification or generalization of imported vector data The Simplify Lines function uses the popular Douglas Peucker algorithm for removing nodes and vertices during simplification For more information on the Douglas Peucker algorithm see page A1 40 Simplify Lines is used to reduce the number of points required to represent a vector encoded digitized line where the lines are approximated by a stream of X Y coordinates The function can be used on Ll Line or A Area layers and removes nodes based upon a proximity value in either Map or Page Units The simplify tolerance proximity value is based on the vertical difference between the begin end line and points off a line NOT the distance between anchor points on the line The Douglas Peucker algorithm takes the proximity value you give it and iterates through the line vertices to determine the points that fall within the specified tolerance distance off the line and removes those vertices Once all vertices are determined to be greater than the proximity value off the line the processing ends A smaller proximity value will generally result in a fewer number of nodes being removed USING SIMPLIFY LINES To access the function go to Filter gt MAP Lines gt Simplify Lines Decide if you wish to enter a proximity value in Page Units or Map Units by making a s
111. d by AutoCAD DXF drawing exchange format files which are large and ASCII representations of the binary DWG drawing files Logically both files are identical and therefore MAPublisher treats both file types in the same manner AutoCAD files consist of drawing settings and configurations as well as a series of entities or graphic elements organized into layers MAPublisher provides broad support for many AutoCAD entity types and options Prior to import set the colour mode of the Illustrator document to the same scheme used in the colour table of the CAD file i e RGB or CMYK to ensure colours are imported correctly Note the hierarchy of layers in multi feature imports is by feature type text layers then point then line then area layers ESRI Arcinfo Export e00 Import and Export Arcinfo Export files are created by ESRI s ArcInfo product A single E00 file describes a complete ArcInfo coverage The file itself is actually an archive of several smaller files or sub files which will have fixed names and follow a predefined data format MAPublisher will reproduce these sub files as distinct Illustrator layers on import Therefore importing a single e00 import can result in the generation of point area line and text layers Note the hierarchy of layers in multi feature imports is by feature type text layers then point then line then area layers ESRI ArcInfo Generate gen Import and Export Arcinfo Generate files are c
112. d graphic shows labels will be generated Click a cell label to toggle all center labels ON or OFF 17 see Settings panels below Advanced To access the Advanced dialog page 86 enabling you to specify additional options for your grid or graticules 1 OK Lem cs Center Style Select the Character Center Style Axes Style Place labels off grid cell by ze Di Labels vw soe Grid Labels En S End of Line Style Graticule Labels v Flip Label Axes Click to flip ul Style to use for the Center Labels Axes Style Place off grid cell Select the Character Style to use for the Axis Labels Select a distance off the grid to place the labels lt Line Style Place off line Select the Character Style to use which axis will be labeled alpha and which numerically Number of Columns and Rows Specify the number of columns and rows which will comprise the grid Pass through latitude Specify a line of latitude that must be included this can be any meridian within the data extents Pass through longitude Specify a line of longitude that must be included this can be any meridian within the data extents Don t label Checking any of these boxes will not label a specific column or row Longitude Pass through 100 Interval 20 RB
113. d in the same manner Click Add and then specify a Name Style Expression and Scale You can click Apply at any time to preview the results at any stage of building a stylesheet and also return to edit settings you have made for individual style rules In order to delete a style rule from the list click anywhere in its row and click the Remove button Click OK to exit the window and to assign the MAP Stylesheet to the associated MAP Layers IMPORTANT NOTES EXPRESSION MODES The Expression Mode determines which type of expression panel you get when editing a style rule s expression If the Expression Mode is set to Advanced the expression panel will always be the Advanced Expression panel irrespective of the expression being edited If the Expression Mode is set to Simple the expression panel will be the Simple Expression panel unless the expression to be edited is not a simple expression A Simple Expression is one that is either empty or includes only one attribute and no more then two clauses For example Simple Expression AttributeA 1 Simple Expression AttributeB 5 AND AttributeB gt 1 Advanced Expression AttributeC gt 1 AND AttributeD gt 10 If the current expression is not a Simple Expression editing it will always result in the Advanced Expression panel DYNAMIC STYLE LINKAGE Once a MAP Stylesheet has been assigned with styles and symbols those styles and symbols are dynamically linked to their attribute valu
114. d into binary which is used to transfer files between different versions of ArcInfo It is a commonly found format for freely distributed data such as that found at the GIS Data Depot http www gisdatadepot com A single E00 file describes a complete ArcInfo coverage The file itself is actually an archive of several smaller files referred to as subfiles Some of these subfiles have fixed names which do not vary from coverage to coverage and follow a predefined data format The remainder of the subfiles contained within an E00 are the info files These files may contain user defined attributes and have names which vary from coverage to coverage Supported Elements Supported Geometry Typical File Extensions e00 ii Aggregate No Automated Translation Yes Circles No User Defined Attributes Yes 7 Circular Arc Yes Coordinate System Support Yes Elliptical Arc Yes Generic Colour Support No Ellipses No Spatial Index Never Polygon Yes Schema Required Yes Donut Polygon Yes Transaction Support No ii Point Yes Geometry Type Attribute e00 type Line Yes Ui Text Yes There are essentially four types of geometry defined in E00 files which will be reproduced as layers during import Arcs lines Points Polygons and Text Prior to the import process an additional Setting can be made Tic points layer This option enables you to include an additional layer which will hold the registration points for
115. d on your MAPublisher CD in the SDTS samples folder Note that the CATD catalog file found amongst the SDTS files explains what each table is ROTATING OBJECTS INDIVIDUALLY IN ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR On some occasions you may wish to rotate selected objects about their own centres rather than as a group about a common origin This can be accomplished using the native Adobe Illustrator Transform Each function To use this function first select the objects you wish to rotate Then go to Object Transform Transform Each In the Rotate box enter a desired rotation value and click OK Each of the selected objects will be rotated individually about their own centres You may also use the Rotation property column to individually rotate point symbols or text items based on a specified value See page 37 for guidelines on how to use this function Technical Reference Guide Tips and Hints 37 GEOREFERENCING AN ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR FILE If you are using an existing Illustrator file that was created without the use of MAPublisher and as such does not contain any geographic parameters or attribute data the following steps will enable you to georeference your Illustrator file and ultimately create an attribute rich and accurate scale and world grid structure for your map Please note that the steps that follow refer to functions that are outlined in more detail in the body of this user guide Please familiarize yourself with the main MAPublisher functions and i
116. dex for the geometric data These two files will not exist unless the shapefile was created with an ESRI product and are not necessary for successful import with MAPublisher 20 Map Data File Formats MapInfo Interchange mif mid Import and Export Files of this type are most commonly created by the MapInfo product though other products including MAPublisher are also capable of generating files in this format These files exist in pairs where each file has the same name but ends in either a mif or mid file extension The mif portion contains the vector geometric data and the mid contains the associated attributes Both files are required in order to successfully import a file of this format to Adobe Illustrator using MAPublisher The important things to remember when importing MapInfo files are that the mif file must be the one that is selected through the MAPublisher import filter and that both files must be in the same folder MAPublisher will automatically locate and deal with the mid file MapInfo Table tab Import and Export The TAB format is a simple non topological format for storing the geometric location and attribute information of geographic features and is an integral part of the MapInfo product The TAB format defines the geometry and attributes of geographically referenced features in several files with specific file extensions that are stored in the same folder on disk They are Lab main file table structure
117. e Illustrator and then restart This will free up the available scratch memory The minimum number of undos can be reduced since they ALL reside in memory Use polylined or pre joined linear feature data sets where available In your GIS application strip out the attributes you won t be using for queries or labeling before importing the data into Illustrator You can set a primary and secondary scratch disk under the Illustrator preferences option in order to draw additional storage from a partitioned or multi drive environment Turn off the layer preview icon that appears to the left of each layer name in the Adobe Illustrator layers palette This can be done by clicking the options menu in the layers palette and then selecting small palette rows in the palette option dialog Technical Reference Guide Memory Considerations 21 Online Links Since the Internet is always changing refer to our web page www avenza com for the most recent list of relevant Internet sites or do a Google or Yahoo search As of the writing of this manual all the following links were active and functional For Geographic Information System GIS users the appeal of graphics is strong and the increasing ability to discover and share GIS across the Internet is fascinating The Internet offers a large number of free access GIS related websites from which you can access map and information data sets For the general public there s general information about co
118. e Map Anchors and Page Anchors in the Preview Pane Source Projection If your MAP View does not currently contain a coordinate system click here to assign one by opening the Source Projection too see page 56 Scale The scale of the MAP View Edit the scale manually or by using the Up and Down arrows to increase or decrease scale by one whole number Click the Auto Scale button to rescale the data to fit the page extents Angle The rotation of the MAP View Edit the angle manually or by using the clock hand in the rotation control graphic Projection Category To edit a coordinate system choose an area of the world from this dropdown appropriate to the current MAP View For a list of the last 20 coordinate systems used in the product select Recently Used Details Click this button to view or edit the parameters of a selected coordinate system Find what Azimuthal Io Where DISCS EEC Cancel Find what Typeinthe Where Select the text on which to search properties on which to perform the search All Datums Ellipsoids Projection names types or Units From the MAP Views palette select the MAP View you wish to edit and then select Edit under the Options arrow in the upper right corner of the palette Conversely you can double click the MAP View to open the MAP View Editor The function has a variety of purposes It will allow you to reproject data trans
119. e definitions are defined in the LocalCoordSysDef fme they are then referenced by the Coordsys db file This file is typically located in the following directory Windows C Program Files Avenza MAPublisher FME Macintosh Library Frameworks FMEObjects Framework Resources FMECore bundle Contents Resources FWE HOME Note that if this folder is packed you must Ctrl click the icon and select Show Package Contents from the dropdown The Coordsys db file contains the names and descriptions of all predefined coordinate systems This is where you need to reference the coordinate system defined in the LocalCoordSysDef fme file Special attention must be given to naming conventions and to ensuring that the definition name coordinate system description units and datum variables all coincide with parameters specified in the associated coordinate system definition If you do not adhere to these principles conflicts will occur during the startup process As an example the NAD83 based UTM Zone 12 coordinate system defined in the Coordsys db file would be similar to the text below UTMI2NS83 NAD83 based on UTM Zone meter WORLD NAD83 TM METER CR CR You must enter a carriage return here The meanings of these values in the same order as the text above are as follows Coordinate System Name Description of Coord System Group Datum lt Ellipsoid gt Projection Units
120. e document by clicking on a respective Alignment Control button of which there are nine positional options Conversely dragging the green data preview rectangle around the page in the Preview Pane will update the Page Anchor values accordingly Note that editing Page Anchors will not affect data integrity It simply means that the lower left corner of the data in coordinate units Map Anchors is located at this new document position SCALE The Scale of the current MAP View or files to be imported is shown in the Scale field Generally MAP Views carrying projected data i e not in Lat Long format will carry real world scales This field is editable allowing you to quickly specify an alternate scale Furthermore the up and down buttons will allow you to fine tune scales by increasing or decreasing a scale by a single whole number The Auto Scale button will allow you to quickly fit the data to the page extents if this is required Clicking this button will edit the scale and page anchors so that it is located in the centre of document REPROJECTING The MAP View Editor provides a fast and intuitive reprojection utility Coordinate systems are separated into Projection categories applicable to specific projection types or areas of the world to ease the process of choosing a coordinate system The Projection list will show the coordinate systems that belong to the specified Projection Category All Projections will list all of the coordinate system
121. e list a coordinate system in the current document or a new user specified coordinate system ADDING FILES In order to select a file or files for import first click the Add button In the Advanced Import Data Source dialog you can either leave the Format dropdown blank or set the dropdown to the file type you wish to import If this dropdown is left with no selection when you search for your GIS file to open ALL files will be displayed It is often easier therefore to set the Format dropdown at the required format to ease navigation When you have chosen the format click the Browse button to select your file s and then click Open only one file format can be opened from this Open dialog Alternatively you can enter the path of the file s in the Dataset field Note that the import of multiple of ASCII Point files is not supported CHARACTER ENCODING In MAPublisher 7 double byte characters are supported in attributes on import allowing such attributes to be used for labeling and export To assign a codec suitable for your selected dataset choose a value in the listbox SOURCE PROJECTION If you are aware that your selected files do not contain Coordinate System information you can either specify it within the Advanced Import Data Source dialog or you can assign a coordinate system based on an existing MAP View in your document by using the Same As feature For an overview of Projections and Datums see pages A1 27 to A1 31 Generally most
122. e point in the designated MAP View To plot subsequent points edit the Latitude and Longitude and also choose different points if required Plotting Points Point Plotter Chapter 7 MAP Stylesheets MAPublisher provides extensive tools for quickly easily and accurately creating point line area and text stylesheets This function is able to read and work with the data found in the MAP Attribute tables and to apply symbols and styles to map elements according to the legend criteria you specify 69 MAP Stylesheets Palette Window MAPublisher Palettes MAP Stylesheets MAP Stylesheets Palette MAP Stylesheet List An Options Menu alphabetical list of the MAP 7 A Drainage Areas Duplicate Drainage Areas New MAP Stylesheet Opens the New Stylesheets and component Al ikes Edit Drainage Areas s i LL tylesheet dialog to specify a name and MAP Layers in the current A Lakes 2 feature type for the new stylesheet document Both are depicted gt E Drainage tines with their feature type H Duplicate MAP Stylesheet Will create a 1 ES Duplicate of the selected MAP Stylesheet E rivers ie E rverzz ie Edit MAP Stylesheet Will open the MAP Stylesheet Editor dialog E Roads Delete MAP Stylesheet Allows you to delete the selected MAP Stylesheet amp E Major Roads P symbols Lock button Click this button City Symbols to lock or unlock the layer Town Symbo
123. e polar and equatorial radii Ellipsoidal earth models are required for accurate range and bearing calculations over long distances For example GPS navigation receivers use ellipsoidal earth models to compute position and waypoint information Ellipsoidal models define an ellipsoid with an equatorial radius and a polar radius The best of these models can represent the shape of the earth over the smoothed averaged sea surface to within about 100 metres Reference Ellipsoids are usually defined by semi major equatorial radius and flattening the relationship between equatorial and polar radii Other reference ellipsoid parameters such as semi minor polar radius and eccentricity can be computed form these terms A datum is a mathematical model that describes the shape of the ellipsoid and orientation of coordinate systems used to map the earth A datum is a smoothed mathematical surface of the earth s mean sea level surface Different nations and agencies use different datums as the basis for coordinate systems in GIS Modern datums range from flat earth models used for plane surveying to complex models used for international applications which completely describe the size shape orientation gravity field and angular velocity of the earth DATUM EXAMPLES NAD27 For many years the North American Datum of 1927 was the standard in the United States NAD27 was based on the Clarke Ellipsoid of 1866 which was developed from ground survey in Eur
124. e registration process PREREQUISITES In order for this filter to be functional the raster image MUST be in the same coordinate system as the MAP Layer you wish to register it to You must therefore check the coordinate system of your imagery with your data provider before attempting to use Register Image It is possible to reproject vector data in MAPublisher first see the MAP View Editor on page 57 if you require your vector data to match your imagery Alternatively you can use Avenza s Geographic Imager to reproject the imagery to match the vector data When you are certain that both your MAP Layer and your raster image are in matching coordinate systems you can place the image into Illustrator It is often useful to first set up a special layer to hold your images Therefore create a new layer and drag it into the MAP View containing your vector layers As this new layer will be holding the Image only you can assign any feature type when you drag the layer to your intended MAP View Use lllustrator s Place function File Place to select the image and place it onto your new MAP Layer at a default location With the image selected go to Filter gt MAP Images gt Register Image to access the function 110 Working With Images Register Image USING REGISTER IMAGE REGISTRATION VIA A REFERENCE FILE To select a reference file click the Load File button and navigate to the folder containing your reference file The reference file will
125. e terms feature and object are often used synonymously Feature code A set of characters alpha alphanumeric or numeric within the GIS which uniquely identifies a feature class or group of features 4 Glossary D F File A collection of related information that can be accessed by an assigned name Filter See Plug in filters Folder A storage area for files within the Macintosh OS the equivalent of a DOS or UNIX directory Format The way in which data is arranged for storage and for transmission between software and computers FTP File Transfer Protocol G Geographic features Points lines and areas that comprise a map Geographic Imager A suite of spatial imaging tools for Adobe Photoshop Geographic Information System GIS Any system designed for the capturing storing checking integrating analyzing and displaying of spatially referenced data about the earth Georeference To establish the relationship between page coordinates on a planar map and known real world coordinates GeoTIFF An industry wide standard for specifying information in TIFF tags which was developed by several organizations within the GIS community GeoTIFF files are raster images that contain georeferencing information as well as image information in a single file GIR Geographic Information Retrieval GIS Geographic Information Systems GPS Global Positioning Systems Grain The frequency of vertices or points forming a line
126. ease refer to the Safe Software document entitled FME_ CS Support pdf which is located in the Documentation folder of the MAPublisher CD or at the following link http www avenza com support documentation html Certain procedures in this section may require additional instructions which can be found in this PDF Creating new or modifying existing coordinate systems is a two step process based on the editing the following files LocalCoordSysDefs fme and Coordsys db The contents of these files may be viewed and edited in a simple text editor such as Notepad or SimpleText It is strongly recommended that you backup the original versions of these files prior to attempting to edit or modify them DEFINING THE NEW COORDINATE SYSTEM In order for a new coordinate system to be recognized within MAPublisher the coordinate system must first be defined within the LocalCoordSysDef fme file This file is typically located in the following directory Windows C Program Files Avenza MAPublisher FME reproject Macintosh Library Frameworks FMEObjects Framework Resources FMECore bundle Contents Resources FME HOME Reproject Note that if this folder is packed you must Ctrl click the icon and select Show Package Contents from the menu Open this file in a text editor This file contains the names and descriptions of all predefined coordinate systems Within it are a series of lines entitled COORDINATE SYSTEM DEF D
127. eated for every grid cell in which the feature can be found Advanced Options Advanced Sort index by You can choose to sort the entries in the index file by Xr Sort index by Feature label 187 Feature label label Co either feature label or grid cell address V Remove duplicate entries Cancel Remove duplicate entries If this box is SC checked any duplicate index entries will Index Delimiter I Index Delimiter Select a delimiter for lt be removed from the generated file O Tab the index file Tab Comma or Custom EXC If you choose Custom enter the desired aE delimiter into the adjacent entry field Custom FUNCTIONALITY When a MAPublisher 7 Grid or set of Graticules have been created the Make Index filter can be used to generate an index for your map based on the position of text elements in referenced grid cells Index files generated using this function are produced as a simple text file and sorted alphabetically A typical file would be formatted as follows Melrose Place B 4 Richview Avenue A 5 Sesame Street A 4 Wisteria Lane B 5 PREREQUISITES In order to facilitate the creation of a map index using this filter you must have created an Index Grid Measured Grid or set of Graticules using the Grids and Graticules filter This grid must exist on a oO Legend layer and be selected in order to access the function Note an index will be created even if grid labels are hidden The Di Text
128. ect New MAP View 7 Enter a name for the MAP View Set the Scale to the proper scale of the map i e a set distance in document units divided by a set distance in ground units 8 Click the Source Projection button Choose a projection which matches that of your vector data and click OK 9 Click OK in the MAP View Editor to apply the information to the new MAP View 10 In the MAP Views palette navigate to the Options pullout and then click on Specify Anchors 11 Set the Map Anchors to the value of the tie in location in map units using the values determined in step 3 e g 79 5 43 5 12 Set the Page Anchors to the value of the tie in location in Page Units using the values determined in step 4 e g 4 2 Then click OK 13 If you have not previously done so ensure that each layer in your Adobe Illustrator file contains only one feature type Point Area Line Text Legend 13 In the MAP Views palette drag each of the layers which contain your data in to your new MAP View ensuring that you set the appropriate Feature Type in the Define Layer dialog 14 Repeat steps 1 13 for any other coordinate systems which exist in your document such as inset maps for example 15 Your document is now a georeferenced MAPublisher file wherein each feature is also georeferenced and capable of accepting attributes using the MAP Attributes function see pages 39 41 You can also use the MAPublisher Export function to create a GIS file from this
129. ected POPULATION lt 1000000 Result When applying this filter all items with values less than 1 million in the POPULATION column are selected NAME Ontario OR NAME Alberta Result When applying this filter items with the value Ontario OR Alberta in the NAME column are selected NAME Ontario AND POPULATION lt 1000000 Result When applying this filter only items containing the value Ontario in the NAME column AND values less than 1 million in the POPULATION column are selected MAP STYLESHEET NAME Ontario Result All items with the value Ontario in the NAME column are assigned the selected style POPULATION lt 1000000 Result All items with values less than 1 million in the POPULATION column are assigned the selected style NAME Ontario OR NAME Alberta Result All items with the value Ontario OR Alberta in the NAME column are assigned the selected style NAME Ontario AND POPULATION lt 1000000 Result Only items containing the value Ontario in the NAME column AND values less than 1 million in the POPULATION column are assigned the selected style 46 Attributes and Georeferencing Edit Expression Import Table MAP Attributes palette Import Table Import Table Source Table Lists the selected Source external data table and its path Y o
130. ection of the MAP Views dialog You can also delete a MAP View by clicking the Delete button at the base of the palette Note that these functions act on MAP Views only and not MAP Layers CREATING NEW MAP VIEWS You are able to create new MAP Views by selecting New MAP View under the Options arrow or by clicking the New button at the base of the palette This will automatically open the MAP View Editor which will be discussed in the MAP View Editor section page 57 allowing you to set up a coordinate system and enter values for scale rotation and page anchors After you have created a new MAP View you must use the Specify Anchors option from the MAP Views palette to define the tie in point between Map Anchors and Page Anchors see page 53 Note that you must enter Map Anchor values that are indicative of the unit of measurement used in the chosen coordinate system which may mean these values are not in degrees or Lat Longs REMOVING MAPUBLISHER INFORMATION At the end of the project cycle it may be useful to permanently remove all georeferencing and attribute information in the current document This can now be accomplished by simply dragging your MAP Layer s to the Non map layers category in the MAP Views palette Note that this function should only be used as a final step as all attributes and geodata will be expunged leaving a standard Illustrator file devoid of all map information Be sure to save a copy of your file before performing
131. ection when it portrays equal distances from the centre of the projection to any other place on the map Direction A map preserves direction when azimuths angles from a point on a line to another point are portrayed correctly in all directions Projections with these properties are Azimuthal Scale The relationship between a distance portrayed on a map and the same distance on the Earth Area When a map portrays areas over the entire map so that all mapped areas have the same proportional relationship to the areas of the world they represent the projection used is an Equal Area projection PROJECTION CATEGORIES Cylindrical Projection The result of projecting a spherical surface onto a cylinder In a typical cylindrical projection one imagines the paper to be wrapped as a cylinder around the globe tangent to it along the equator Light comes from a point source at the centre of the globe or in some cases from a filament running from pole to pole along the globe s axis In the former case the poles clearly cannot be shown on the map as they would be projected along the axis of the cylinder out to infinity In the latter case the poles become lines forming the top and bottom edges of the map The Mercator projection long popular but now less so is a cylindrical projection of the latter type that can be constructed only mathematically In all cylindrical projections the meridians of longitude which on the globe converge at the poles a
132. ed yes or no Editing this value will open close the path describes the scaling of the line stroke Editing this value will scale the stroke weight describes the area of the path in world units This property cannot be set describes the number of points in the art This property cannot be set describes the Graphic Style in use Editing this property will apply the selected style to the art describes the stroke weight of the path Editing this property will alter the stroke weight of the art describes whether or not the path is closed yes or no Editing this value will open close the path describes the length of the path in world units This property cannot be set describes the scaling of the line stroke Editing this value will scale the stroke weight describes the horizontal scaling of a point object Editing this value will scale the symbol in the X axis describes the vertical scaling of a point object Editing this value will scale the symbol in the Y axis describes the rotation in degrees of the art around it s anchor point Editing this value will rotate art describes the Symbol in use Editing this property will apply the selected symbol to the art describes the contents of the text Editing this property will edit text on the page describes the number of characters in the contents of the text art This property cannot be set describes the rotation in degrees of the art around it s anchor point Editing this value will rotate
133. ed by performing a find and replace operation on them page 41 COLUMN VISIBILITY Right clicking PC or Ctrl clicking Mac on a column in the window activates an additional menu You can edit column visibility via the Show Hide Columns option in this menu either toggling visibility for individual columns or for all columns It is also possible to edit the visibility of attribute columns with the Edit Schema tool page 42 PROPERTY ATTRIBUTES The attribute table can also be configured to display property attributes for your datasets page 37 These attributes describe the current assignment of graphical properties such as the stroke weight style rotation and scale etc that is currently associated with the data These fields are editable and provide the ability to modify a map objects graphical properties directly within the context of the map attribute window itself To edit a property attribute for a particular map object you may either double click within the appropriate property cell and directly enter a value or choose from an available dropdown list depending on the property type you are editing Once these changes have been entered into the map attribute window the modified art elements will be graphically updated within the map to reflect these changes 40 Attributes and Georeferencing MAP Attributes Find amp Replace Attributes MAP Attributes palette Find amp Replace Find and Replace Find Replace Choose to si
134. ed to generate the labels from the Feature layer dropdown In the Label text matches attribute list select the attribute column in the selected Feature layer which matches the labels you are indexing FORMATTING OPTIONS If you wish to set additional options to control the formatting of your index file click the Advanced button Choose an option to Sort index by This will be the ordering of your index entries The default is the Feature label itself meaning for example countries starting with A will be listed first Alternatively you can choose to index by Grid cell meaning labels inside the cell marked A 1 will be listed first If you require the software to remove entries that are duplicates i e street names named twice in the same grid cell you should click the option to Remove duplicate entries Make Index also provides an option to specify an Entry Delimeter being the form of the separator between grid cell and text label for each index entry You can choose from Tab Comma or specify a Custom delimeter SAVING THE INDEX FILE When you have set all of your index options click the Save As button This will allow you specify a name for the text file and the location where it will be saved You can open this file in a text editor or place it back into document using Illustrator s Place function Grids and Indexes Make Index 89 Chapter 10 Making Selections S 7 19 AREA A OG ec om M CAW MAPublisher conta
135. ed to text labels The Source Layer list will show all Area Point and or Text layers in the current document For each layer the Column dropdown s will be populated with the attribute structure of that layer You must choose a column that holds the attributes you wish to label the data with TARGET TEXT LAYER In the Text layer dropdown s you must specify a Text layer that the labels will be output to Note you can only output labels to text layers in the same MAP View as the Source Layer LABEL SETTINGS MAPublisher provides options to specify label preferences such as label position alignment to lines of latitude minimum font sizes and horizontal scaling to best place labels within polygons and paths These Label Settings are common to Feature Text Label and MAP Tagger Tool Please see page 76 for more details Note that Label Settings can ONLY be used to label data with the MAP Tagger Tool if the Shift key is held down Please see the following page for the full list of keyboard modifiers 80 Labeling Functions MAP Tagger Tool TAGGING MAP DATA When you have set all your Layer Label Options and specified Label Settings click OK to close the window thus confirming your settings With the Tagger Tool selected click on the map object to label it using the selected column and output text layer The following list of keyboard modifiers may be used for additional labeling options note click map object with MAP Tagger Tool
136. eets based on Equal to expressions The following examples can be used as a basis for new stylesheets providing the functionality which was previously available in the Unique Occurrences option in Auto Assign Legend Info Example 1 Rule 1 assigned first listed value and first style 1 3 Create the first Equal to rule using the first listed style and an expression based on the first listed value in a specified attribute column i e Style A assigned to Column X Value 1 Click the Add button The second rule will be automatically assigned an incremental expression i e Style B assigned to Column X Value 2 Keep clicking the Add button until all the values OR styles have been used Example 2 Rule 1 assigned first listed value and third style 1 Create the first Equal to rule using the first listed style and an expression based on the third listed value in a specified attribute column i e Style C assigned to Column X Value 1 Click the Add button The second rule will be automatically assigned the first unused style i e Style A assigned to Column X Value 2 Keep clicking the Add button Assignments will be incremental but will not include the third style again i e Style B assigned to Column X Value 3 Style D assigned to Column X Value 4 etc MAPublisher 7 How To s CREATING STYLE RULES BASED ON MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTE COLUMNS Ass
137. election from the Units listbox Page Units will be simply the units of the current document Enter a proximity value in the units you have specified by entering a value or by using the slider Check Use Bezier Curves if you wish to generate curves where nodes have been removed Note that many GIS applications do not support bezier curves If you are planning to export your map to GIS formats you may need to use Illustrator s Add Anchor Points function It is always a good idea to experiment with different proximity values in order to achieve the desired results particular to your scale and coverage area Line Functions Simplify Lines 101 Input Layer Use this dropdown to select the Point layer containing the symbols you wish to join All Points Selected Points You can choose to join only those points that have been selected or all points on the selected MAP Layer Close paths Check this option to generate an Area layer If unchecked a Line layer will be generated Join Points Filter MAP Lines Join Points Join Points Input Layer Layer E1IGPS_point Q All points Selected points Output Layer Y Layer New Layer C Cose paths Group By Column Column_01 Output Layer Enter the name of the output layer This new layer will contain the new lines Group By Specify the attribute column containing similar values to determine each group of points
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139. er MAPUBLISHER 5 OR EARLIER DOCUMENTS Point Data MAPublisher introduced new standards on dealing with point data in MAPublisher 6 Pre MAPublisher 6 documents will have font based points converted to symbols on opening of the document MAPUBLISHER 6 OR EARLIER DOCUMENTS Grids and Indexes There is a new Grids and Graticules tool in MAPublisher 7 Please note that grids created in previous versions of MAPublisher will need to be recreated with the new tool if the generation of an index is required 12 Getting Started System Requirements amp MAPublisher Compatibility Notes Legend to Stylesheet Conversion Legend functionality Assign Legend Info Draw Legend etc has been ported into MAP Stylesheets in this release Legend information held in legacy MAPublisher documents will be converted into stylesheets on document open Subsequently Graphic Styles for line and area legends Character Styles for text legends and Symbols for point legends will automatically be generated and added to the respective Illustrator palettes To qualify for legend conversion legend art in legacy documents must contain the following properties a be of a valid art type i e polygon path symbol or text b have a legend expression assigned via Assign Legend Info or Auto Assign Legend Info C have a target MAP Layer During the conversion process you will be asked to set additional conversion preferences 1 Determine if target MAP Layers should
140. es in the MAP Stylesheet if the expression is a simple equality A simple equality expression is when there is only one attribute and only one clause an equality comparison For example AttributeA 1 is a simple equality expression while AttributeA gt 15 is not Applying the style from a style rule with a simple equality expression manually i e changing a style of a polygon directly from the Graphic Styles palette will assign the attribute value of that style rule in the MAP Stylesheet For example in the case above AttributeA on the modified art would be set to 7 Caution should be used with manually editing the styles of artwork after MAP Stylesheets have been applied if any style rules have simple equalities Similarly as styles and symbols which exist in these Illustrator palettes are linked to the related MAP Stylesheet entries using these styles and symbols to create new artwork will automatically assign the related attribute value to these objects when the same criteria are met POINT DATA Regarding the editing of Point Data you must use either MAP Stylesheets or the MAP Attributes palette to change symbology As point data is linked dynamically to the symbols which exist in the Symbols palette you cannot edit graphical properties manually Choosing Break Link to Symbol from the Symbols palette options will result in the loss of attributes for your point data 74 MAP Stylesheets MAP Stylesheet Editor Ch
141. ession provides functionality for a number of tools Edit Schema page 42 To create or edit an expression for the generation of values in an attribute or column MAP Attributes palette gt Edit Schema gt Derive value from expression gt Browse Apply Expression page 49 To apply an expression to an attribute or property column for selected art only MAP Attributes palette gt Apply Expression gt Browse New Edit Selection Filter page 92 To create or edit expression criteria for use in selecting map data MAP Selection Filters palette gt New Edit Selection Filter gt Browse MAP Stylesheet Editor page 72 To create or edit an expression for use in styling map data MAP Stylesheets palette gt Edit MAP Stylesheet gt Advanced Expression gt Browse ENTERING EXPRESSIONS Expressions can be built via the keyboard and or by selecting from listed column names operators and functions Clicking any of the operator buttons will enter that operator into the expression builder Double clicking an item from the Object menu will insert that item into the expression Items are colour coded identifying attributes constants and functions When attribute values are clicked they will automatically format with quotations When using functions they will format correctly with proper brackets All methods of entering expression criteria will cause the item to be placed at the current cursor position Items can be deleted using the keyboard
142. ette contains a list of all MAP Layers As in MAP Views the icons used for these layers are A Area layer LU Line layer Point layer T Text layer By default all MAP Layers will be listed as belonging to a Stylesheet of Z None When you have created a new Stylesheet you can drag a MAP Layer into it in order to specify the attributes and symbology you require 70 MAP Stylesheets MAP Stylesheets palette LOADING SYMBOLS AND STYLES The symbology used by MAP Stylesheets is directly related to the Symbols and Styles which exist in native Illustrator palettes In order to correctly function the MAP Stylesheets tool requires that symbology appropriate to the feature type is established in the following Illustrator palettes A Area Stylesheets Graphic Styles palette Window Graphic Styles Lj Line Stylesheets Graphic Styles palette Window Graphic Styles Point Stylesheets Symbols palette Window Symbols T Text Stylesheets Character Styles palette Window gt Type gt Character Styles Symbology can be quickly added to these palettes by dragging and dropping artwork from the Illustrator page or by dragging and dropping symbology from custom libraries As an example under Window gt Graphic Style Libraries gt Other Library navigate to the Utilities folder on your MAPublisher CD and load either MAP AreaStyles ai or MAP_LineStyles ai Then shift select these styles and drag them into the Graphic Styles palette f
143. ettings Then simply select the features that you want to label and go to Filter gt MAP Legend Feature Text Label to access the function FEATURE TEXT SETTINGS SOURCE LAYER amp COLUMN You must first set the options for MAPublisher to determine the attributes that will be converted to text labels The Source Layer list will show the Area Point and or Text layers currently containing selected data For each layer the Column dropdown s will be populated with the attribute structure of that layer You must choose a column that holds the attributes you wish to label the data with TARGET TEXT LAYER In the Text layer dropdown s you must specify a Text layer that the labels will be output to Note you can only output labels to text layers in the same MAP View as the Source Layer LABEL SETTINGS MAPublisher provides options to specify label preferences such as label position alignment to lines of latitude minimum font sizes and horizontal scaling to best place labels within polygons and paths These Label Settings are common to Feature Text Label and the MAP Tagger Tool page 80 L LINE LABELS MAPublisher will place Line labels intelligently depending on the curvature and length of the line string Click the Line Labels button to assign MAPublisher Line Label Settings MAPublisher will control where text is placed along lines by using the Distance from start feature Selecting Auto will place text at the midpoint for straight
144. ettings can be made which will affect how the selected file will import The following parameters can be applied to the import GroupEntities Group entities by Layer Name Geometry or build Attribute Schema by scanning extended entity data The default is to Group Entities by Layer Name Blocks Check this box if you want to explode blocks and return the entities that form the components of the block as separate features The default is Yes to Expand Info Entities Visual Attributes Check this box if you want each visible attribute to be returned as a single text feature The default is Yes to Expand Info Text Entities Paper Space Setting to Read will instruct MAPublisher to also read the entities from paper space By default MAPublisher will only read the entities from model space Bulge Handling Determines how AutoCAD curves are handled on import By default the arcs are approximated by splitting them into a series of connected segments vectorized In rare cases when the number of points on the map becomes a critical consideration an approximation with smooth Bezier curves can be specified Note that this method is not precise and may introduce visible inaccuracy for the points along the curve so it should only be used when a high amount of precision is not a consideration 2 Technical Reference Guide MAPublisher Import Formats ESRI ARCINFO EXPORT e00 Arcinfo Export e00 is a format either ASCII or compresse
145. ew Import MAP View MAP View to transfer Document list List of open documents D LocationMap1 and the MAP Views Q MAP View 1 contained in them LocationMap2 Country LatLong Q County UTM FUNCTIONALITY MAPublisher s Import MAP View copies a MAP View from one document to another including all the layers that are tied to that MAP View This can be a useful tool when merging parts of several documents into a single document An example might be to import a commonly used inset map PREREQUISITES There must be at least two documents open to use Import MAP View Additionally one of the documents that is not the current document must contain at least one MAP View To access the function select the Import MAP View menu item in the MAP Views palette IMPORTING A MAP VIEW The Import MAP View window will show all other documents currently open along with all the MAP Views they contain Simply select the MAP View you wish to import into the current document and click OK to import the MAP View and MAP Layers 60 MAP Views Import MAP View Export MAP Views palette gt Export Export canada area Export Format Select the export format for the selected layer or MAP View Format Maplnfo TAB Settings Opens a Settings dialog for the input of extra parameters see below Y Ca Cancel Browse Opens a Data Source browser to Dataset Displays
146. f a sequence of line segments Positional Accuracy The degree to which a position is measured or depicted relative to its correct position as established by either other features or by other accurate processes Postscript A page description language built into many desktop printers and virtually all high end printing systems See the Adobe Illustrator User Guide for more details PPC Power PC e g Macintosh PowerPC processor Precision That which relates to the exactness of the operation by which the result is obtained The exactness with which a value is expressed whether the value be right or wrong Glossary P 9 Projection The representation on a plane surface of any part of the surface of the earth Also see Map Projection R Raster A method for the storage processing and display of spatial data Each given area is divided into rows and columns which form a regular grid structure Each cell must be rectangular in shape although not necessarily square Each cell within this matrix contains an attribute value as well as location coordinates The spatial location of each cell is implicitly contained within the ordering of the matrix unlike a vector structure which stores topology explicitly Areas containing the same attribute value are recognized as such however raster structures cannot identify the boundaries of such areas as polygons Also raster structures may lead to increased storage in certain situations since they
147. f necessary 12 Technical Reference Guide Frequently Asked Questions Why do my shapefiles not import There are a couple of possible causes of this The two items to check for are 1 Make sure that you have all 3 required files There should be a triplet for each layer coverage with the extensions dbf shp amp shx If you are missing any of these files you will not be able to import your files successfully 2 If you have transferred these files from one operating system to another then you must always use binary ftp transfer or the files may be corrupted We have found that you cannot rely on the automatic transfer with all ftp utilities Some do not recognize the files as being binary and will transfer them as ASCII EXPORTING ISSUES How dol strip all the attributes from a MAPublisher file Simply drag your MAP Layers into the default MAP View entitled Non map layers and all georeferencing and attribute information will be removed Note that this function must only be used as a final step What causes missing features when exporting MAPublisher layers If you are using an pre existing Adobe Illustrator file not created with MAPublisher you must correctly assign MAPublisher status to your layers and data Only one feature type per layer is supported The feature type icon next to your MAP Layer in the MAP Views palette is indicative of the features on that layer and is the feature type which will be applied if the layer is e
148. file has the attributes held in the second row of the mid file The number and type of attributes associated with each entity is specified by the user There must be at least one attribute field in the mid file Supported Elements Supported Geometry Typical File Extensions mif mid Aggregate Yes Automated Translation Yes 7 Circles Yes User Defined Attributes Yes Circular Arc Yes Coordinate System Support Yes Elliptical Arc Yes Generic Colour Support Yes Ellipses Yes Spatial Index Never Polygon Yes Schema Required Yes Donut Polygon Yes Transaction Support No i Point Yes Geometry Type Attribute mif type Line Yes Text Yes The MAPublisher MID MIF importer supports the storage of point line polyline arc ellipse rectangle rounded rectangle region polygon and text geometric data in mif files Each geometric entity present in a mif file has display properties such as pen and brush width pattern and colour Supported MID MIF properties are as follows MAPublisher supports the import of line weights 0 7 colours 24 bit RGB strokes 1 71 It also supports fonts family style justification for text In order to use line patterns and fill patterns you must have opened or accessed the style library equivalents Two library files have been created M F_LineStyles ai amp MIF_AreaStyles ai which provide support for many of the standard MapInfo pen styles stroke patter
149. file s to determine the coordinate system or attach your specified coordinate system to the files The file s will now be listed in the Advanced Import dialog You can now add more files to this list for instance adding the next file format by re clicking the Add button and proceeding in the same manner as specified above There are two columns present in the Advanced Import list The first will display the full path of each file and the second will display the coordinate system that has either been automatically read by the program or assigned manually Each file added to the Import list will have a row number that can be clicked in order to select it This function will allow you to remove a selected file from the Import list or edit a selected file Therefore to remove a selected file or number of selected files from the Import list click the Remove button Importing Map Data Advanced Import 33 CHANGING COORDINATE SYSTEMS PRIOR TO IMPORT If the program displays Unknown Projection for the Coordinate System of a file you may select the row and click the Edit button to specify it by returning you to the Advanced Import Data Source dialog Note that you can only import the listed files in a single coordinate system even though they may comprise of several Therefore the Destination MAP View section holds the details of which coordinate system the listed files will be imported in The coordinate system the file s will be imported in will be
150. form scales edit data positioning in the document change rotation values and rename MAP Views Any or all of these functions can be achieved with a single visit to the MAP View Editor There is also a preview pane where you can see how the edits made to data will affect its extents in the document MAP Views MAP View Editor 57 USING THE MAP VIEW EDITOR PREVIEW PANE The Preview Pane symbolizes the data extents by a green rectangle and the orientation with an arrow You can click on this rectangle to move the data to a more suitable position in the document if you desire MAP VIEW NAME When you open the dialog you will see the current name of the MAP View in the Name field which you can edit if desired Whether the MAP View Editor is accessed via Advanced Import or from the MAP Views palette editing the name here will change the name of the resultant or existing MAP View PAGE ANCHORS Current Page Anchors are displayed in the LL Lower Left Corner X Y fields in the current document units As discussed in the section on Georeferencing on page 36 the default Page Anchors are 0 0 in document units Editing the Page Anchor values will move the data relative to the lower left location of the data Entering negative values will move the data to the left or down entering positive values will move the data to the right or up There are also two graphical ways to edit Page Anchors Firstly the data can be glued to respective positions in th
151. g a selection filter available as buttons and menu items Apply as New Selection Clears the current selection and selects any art on the current layer that meets the criteria of the chosen selection filter s Add to Current Selection Adds any art on the current layer that satisfies the chosen selection filter s to the current selection Remove from Current Selection Deselects any art on the current layer that is selected and satisfies the chosen selection filter s Get Subset of Current Selection Deselects any art on the current layer that is selected and does not satisfy the chosen selection filter s Making Selections MAP Selection Filters 93 Selection Statistics Window gt MAPublisher Statistics gt MAP Selection Stats Layer The current MAP Layer and feature type Aand R All and Reverse You can choose to D either select all of the features on the selected MAP Layer or reverse the current selection Number Selected Number Existing The field MAP Selection Stats on the left represents the number of selected objects on the active MAP Layer The fieldonthe right displays the total number of objects of a given feature on the active MAP Layer W wortt_area r Recall Restores a selection that Areas 44 of 220 DOR S has been saved to memory he SAVE RECALL CLEAR ge gt _ Clear Removes the saved selection M OR M AND M XOR JI from memory Save
152. h they were digitized will be used to determine the order of the nodes in the generated line string RESULTS When all the options have been set click the OK button to join the points on the specified layer An A Area or Line layer will be generated depending on the specified output layer type which will be placed in the same MAP View as the Input Point layer which has been joined Line Functions Join Points 103 Chapter 12 Scale Bars and North Arrows MAPublisher contains tools for plotting accurate scale bars and north arrows onto your map The Scale Bar tool offers a number of different designs that you can choose from including double bar designs for the placement of scale bars in multiple units North Arrows are created from selected artwork on the page using the Create North Arrow filter being immediately aligned to true north 105 Scale Bar Filter MAP Legend Scale Bar Object Edit Scale Bar Scale Bar Scale 1 20000000 EN d 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 Kilometers L Cancel Select Style Use the Previous o 400 800 1200 1600 Miles a amp amp Next buttons along with the Scale Bar Preview Panel to select the desired scale bar First Bar Second Bar Interval Specify the length of each interval in the Units Select the desired Do 400 selected map unit map units to be used in gt Units
153. he Advanced Expression panel lets you construct more complex expressions Simply enter a valid expression in the Expression field The Expression Validity icon will report if the expression entered is valid Otherwise it will report and include additional warning notes Alternatively click on the Browse button to enter and edit expressions via the Edit Expression tool page 44 The following are some examples of basic expressions which can be entered for styling rules NAME Ontario Result All items with the value Ontario in the NAME column are assigned the selected style POPULATION lt 1000000 Result All items with values less than 1 million in the POPULATION column are assigned the selected style NAME Ontario OR NAME Alberta Result All items with the value Ontario OR Alberta in the NAME column are assigned the selected style NAME Ontario AND POPULATION lt 1000000 Result Only items containing the value Ontario in the NAME column AND values less than 1 million in the POPULATION column are assigned the selected style Note String values are case sensitive and must be entered in double quotes ASSIGNING A SCALE The Scale default is 10096 Editing the scale will alter the symbol size or stroke weight depending on feature type MAP Stylesheets MAP Stylesheet Editor 73 BUILDING THE STYLESHEET For subsequent style rules procee
154. he MAPublisher Activation Wizard on the new computer How can move my MAPublisher license to a new computer Unless you have purchased a floating license MAPublisher is licensed for use on one machine only and includes a protection mechanism that prevents activation on more than one computer If you wish to move your license permanently to a new computer please perform the following steps 1 Completely remove MAPublisher from the existing computer 2 Install MAPublisher on the new computer 3 Launch Adobe Illustrator on the new computer and when the Activation Wizard starts select the Telephone Email option for activating a purchased license 4 Note the machine ID that will be displayed and email that 12 digit string along with your MAPublisher 7 serial number to activation avenza com and indicate that you wish to move the license to a new computer 10 Technical Reference Guide Frequently Asked Questions Why does the activation wizard repeatedly open when I have a vailid license installed If the activation wizard repeatedly prompts you to activate MAPublisher but you have already have a valid licence file from a previous activation installed then you should follow the procedure below 1 Exit Illustrator 2 Locate your Illustrator preferences file typically named Alprefs Windows Illustrator preferences Mac 3 Once the file is located delete the file and restart Illustrator This should resolve the problem NOTE This applies
155. he benefits of the MMP immediately All MAPublisher Maintenance Program subscriptions begin on the date of purchase and run for 1 calendar year Your email address has been automatically entered in the maintenance l online email list for MMP subscribers so that you are assured of receiving all the latest MMP news and access to all the update and upgrade files If you purchased your MAPublisher license from a reseller or are the end user but not the person who purchased the software please contact us at sales avenza com to ensure that we receive your email address and add you to the MMP notification group RENEWAL Approximately 6 8 weeks prior to the expiration of your annual MMP subscription you will be notified regarding renewal options You will be contacted a minimum of 5 times prior to expiration in order to ensure that you have ample opportunity to renew or not at your discretion You will have the option of renewing your MMP for an additional year at the then prevailing price or canceling without penalty Of course if you cancel or let your MMP lapse you will no longer be entitled to the benefits of the program as outlined above and will thus have to purchase future upgrades at the upgrade price There is a grace period of approximately 30 days from the time of the MMP expiry during which you may still renew without penalty All post expiration renewals will be backdated to the actual expiry date LAPSED SUBSCRIPTIONS Failure to renew you
156. he graphics environment software and not the MAPublisher software We have asked for this storage restriction to be increased to 64 bit without success We can and do all our internal calculations in 64 bit for accuracy but the results still must be stored as 32 bit MAPublisher s values are roughly 4 3 billion times more precise than Illustrator s Illustrator is fundamentally an art program The numbers it uses for its vertex data are more than sufficient to provide precision enough such that the human eye cannot tell the difference even at its highest zoom level Unfortunately MAPublisher must translate its coordinates into Illustrator s when placing them on the artboard We do this using mathematical calculations based upon the parameters you provide e g map amp page anchors scale etc When MAPublisher does this it is in a sense compressing its more precise numbers into Illustrator s less precise numbers and this is where the truncation may occur An easier way to visualize this is to think of a pad of grid paper If this paper were the artboard Illustrator would only be able to place points where two grid lines meet but MAPublisher could put points anywhere on the page However since Illustrator is ultimately where the information is plotted when a MAPublisher point is plotted on the page it would get rounded to the nearest grid line intersection point lam receiving an Error loading plug ins when I start Illustrator Wha
157. iate information with map features and to create new relationships based on those associations AREAS An area is a closed bounded object which encompasses a homogeneous area e g a park ATTRIBUTES Attributes store descriptive information and are stored as sets of characters including numbers Attributes are usually considered tabular data GEOGRAPHIC DATA Since a GIS is a digital map database storing both spatial graphic and descriptive tabular information the integration of this information provides an opportunity for analysis and communication Data is stored using the Cartesian system X Y coordinates as follows points are stored as a single X Y location lines are stored as a series of ordered X Y coordinates e areas are stored as a string of X Y coordinates defining the lines that bound the area LABELS SYMBOLS AND COLOUR Map attributes can be represented by labels symbols and colour to make them easy to interpret e g rivers may be represented with blue lines of varying widths depending upon their size LAYERS Map features can be logically grouped into layers of related information For example a map could be layered by rivers soils mineral deposits and municipality This layering makes it easy to perform analysis that overlay geographic features and combine adjacent areas with similar characteristics 16 Technical Reference Guide GIS Backgrounder LINES A line represents the linear shape of a map
158. ified and the axes used for alpha and numeric labels can be flipped When using graticules on projected world maps axis and line labels may not display properly due to the extreme curvature of the graticules at the edges In this case it is recommended that axis and line labeling are performed manually Cell labeling is still supported in this scenario The labeling graphic shows the status of axis cell and line labels solid labels mean that label is ON grey labels mean that label is OFF Click any cell label to switch all cell labels on or off Click a line label to switch that line label only on or off Click an axis label to switch the labels on that axis only on or off Click a horizontal arrow to flip the direction of labels on the top and bottom axes Click a vertical arrow to flip the direction of labels on the left and right axes Click a corner graphic to swap which axes are labeled numerically and which are labeled alphabetically Choose a Character Style to use for the cell labels if appropriate by selecting an entry for Center Style Choose a Character Style to use for the labels on each axis if appropriate by selecting an entry for Axes Style For axes labels specify a distance away from the edge of the grid that the labels will be placed Choose a Character Style to use for the line labels if appropriate by selecting an entry for End of Line Style For end of line labels specify a distance away from the edge of the grid that the
159. igh that they will not overlay on import If the files are of differing coordinate systems any software will give you the same results If the coordinate systems are known you can use the MAP View Editor filter to change all data to a common coordinate system For more information about map projections see the British Columbia Government Ministry of Environment tutorial on map projections at http srmwww gov bc ca gis projectiontutorial html Why do my Maplnfo files crash on import or do not import properly There are a couple of possible common causes of this A couple of possibilities may be 1 How did you transfer the file to the machine where it is being imported If you have transferred these files from one operating system to another then you must always use ASCII ftp transfer or the files may be corrupted We have found that you can not rely on the automatic transfer with all ftp utilities Some do not recognize the MID files as being text The mid files may be inadvertently interpreted as binary music files which often carry the same file extension If they are transferred as binary you will have trouble importing them 2 Were the files compressed If the files are compressed using a windows ZIP format you must be careful when decompressing them If this is the case and the utility you used was Stuffit you need to make sure that it was set for a DOS zip file or the file can be corrupted The shareware utility ZIPIT found at http maczipi
160. ign Legend Info previously provided options to assign legend criteria to legend elements based on values in multiple attribute columns This functionality can now be achieved using Advanced expressions in the MAP Stylesheet Editor Choose the Advanced option to compose advanced expressions The following are some examples of multi column expressions in a world countries stylesheet using a string type column named CONTINENT and an integer type column named POPULATION CONTINENT Africa AND POPULATION lt 1000000 Result only African countries with populations less than one million are assigned the selected style CONTINENT Africa OR POPULATIONK lt 1000000 Result all the African countries and all countries with populations less than one million are assigned the selected style CONTAINS CONTINENT America AND POPULATION gt 1000000 Result only countries in North and South America with populations more than one million are assigned the selected style CONTINENT Europe AND POPULATION gt 1000000 OR CONTINENT Asia AND POPULATION gt 10000000 Result countries in Europe with populations more than one million and counties in Asia with populations more than ten million are assigned the selected style NUMBER OF UNIQUE ATTRIBUTES Unique values are displayed in the Simple expression builder see page 72 Note the default maximum number of values which can be listed is set to 250 To increase the number of
161. inate system during the import process 2 If you had incorrectly specified the coordinate system during the Import process and wish to remedy this 3 If you have created a new MAP View and wish to assign a coordinate system to it If you wish to maximize the functionality of MAPublisher it is important that all of your MAP Views contain accurate coordinate system information For example you cannot reproject data if the current projection is not specified If you do not know the coordinate system of your data you must consult your data provider to obtain this information USING SOURCE PROJECTION To specify a coordinate system you must first select the appropriate MAP View in the MAP Views palette and then select Source Projection located under the Options arrow in the upper right corner of the palette Coordinate systems are separated into Projection Category to ease the process of choosing a coordinate system All Projections will list all of the coordinate systems in the database If you cannot find the coordinate system you require you can conduct a keyword search via the Find Projection function by clicking the icon see page 59 For an overview of Projections and Datums see pages A1 27 to A1 31 The Source Projection tool also offers a checkbox to enable you to select a coordinate system that already exists in the document The Same as dropdown will allow you to select from a list of existing georeferenced MAP Views If you wish to
162. industry to produce and disseminate widely used industrial standards Analog Analogue A continuously varying electronic signal Also refers to traditional paper mapping products and aerial photographs Annotation The explanatory or descriptive alphanumeric text or labels on a map or artwork such as street or place names Application A set of computer programs designed for a specific task Arcinfo Export File format with the extension e00 for files exported from ArcInfo Area A bounded continuous two dimensional object which may or may not include its boundary Usually defined in terms of an external polygon or in terms of a set of grid cells A fundamental unit of geographical information See polygon Aspect Individual azimuthal map projections are divided into three aspects the polar aspect which is tangent at the pole the equatorial aspect which is tangent at the Equator and the oblique aspect which is tangent anywhere else The word aspect has replaced the word case in modern cartographic literature Attribute Non graphic alphanumeric textual information associated with a point line or area element in a GIS data set tabular data associated with geographic features Glossary A 1 Azimuth The angle measured in degrees between a base line radiating from a center point and another line radiating from the same point Normally the base line points North and degrees are measured clockwise from the base line
163. ins tools for selecting data graphically A D and by attribute values AJ SANSA CN em A LS d The MAP Selection Filters tool provides functionality to create edit and save multiple selection criterias within a palette These selections can be applied on any MAP Layer and are saved inside the document The Selection Stats tool can be used for quickly selecting all features contained in a MAP Layer for viewing how many objects are selected at a given time to save a selection and to reverse selections PUTNAM SECH FESTER 91 MAP Selection Filters Window MAPublisher Palettes MAP Selection Filters MAP Selection Filters palette MAP Selection New Selection Filter Filters List Lists the Selection criteria in the current document Apply as New Selection Makes anew Population less than 1 milion Population less than 10 per SQMI Populstion more than 1 million Population more than 10 per SQMI Edit Selection Filter Opens the Edit Selection Filter function below for editing the assigned expression Edit Selection Filter Delete Selection Filter Apply as New Selection Add to Current Selection Remove From Current Selection Get Subset of Current Selection amp 3 Delete Selection Filter selection using the highlighted criteria Add to Current Selection Adds the highlighted criteria to the current selection Remove f
164. ion control points If you Include TIC layer enable this option an extra layer will be created appended with tic point Multiply coordinates X Y You may enter a value by which all X values and or all Y values for each point will be multiplied by before they are imported MicroStation Design Settings Settings Group Elements Linkage Extraction Linkage Choose how you want to group Group Elements Linkage Extraction Extraction boxes allows you to extract the elements If you group the O By geometry C MsLinks MsSLinks and or FRAMME attribute elements by level it may result in By level C FRAMME linkage values from the Source alarge number of output files Design File Only the first three Coordinate Units Complex Strings linkage values will be extracted Coordinate Units Specifies how feature coordinates will be Ole O Drop Complex Strings Check Drop interpreted and converted Sub C Propagate member linkages if you want each component of a O UOR complex chain to be returned as its Create black background own feature Otherwise all elements Check this option to incorporate Other of the complex chain will be merged a layer containing a black Create black background into a single linear feature Check Propagate Member Linkages if you want the linkages attached to the Display tags first component of the complex chain Expand cells Check this box _ to be returned on the MAPublisher if you want
165. is very easy to quickly add features to MAP Layers MAPublisher also provides two if its own tools which are designed to draw rectangular or elliptical areas of specified dimensions in Map Units The MAP Area Tools will be discussed in this section 113 MAP Area Tools Toolbar MAP Area Tool Box esl MAP Area Tool Ellipse EI Add Area Width Height Enter the width and Width o mi Eee height for the area to be drawn Height 0 mi Cancel Center aed On click checks oc hck Units Select a map or page unit to option if you want the area to be Comer area on cc Mie 4 be usedfor width and height values drawn centered on the click point FUNCTIONALITY By using the MAP Area tools areas of exact map dimensions can be quickly added to any MAP Layer and its related attribute table Whenever an area is created using the MAP Area tools any objects that fall inside the area in whole or part will be automatically selected USING THE MAP AREA TOOLS OVERVIEW MAPublisher offers Ellipse and Rectangle drawing tools Select whichever shape you require from the main Illustrator Tools palette and select the MAP Layer which contains the coordinate system on which you want to draw the shape There are two methods of using the MAP Area tools As with Illustrator shape tools you can either click and drag to create a shape at an unspecified size Alternatively you can single click in the MAP document to
166. isher to use its own conversion utility to update text items If you click Update the document will be opened however all attributes associated with this text will be lost When receiving the MAPublisher Legacy Text prompt choose one of the following Vv All text art to convert both MAPublisher text and regular Illustrator text to the new Illustrator text format Open in Illustrator CS or CS2 f Y MAPublisher text art only to convert only MAPublisher text to the new Legacy Document Format Illustrator text format Maut X Nothing to open the file but lose attribute information associated with Illustrator 10 orearlier MAPublisher text elements Getting Started MAPublisher Compatibility Notes 13 Installation Instructions Please note that MAPublisher is licensed for use on a single computer and once activated will be node locked to that computer and will only function on that computer Therefore before proceeding with installation and activation on this and the following pages please ensure that you are installing MAPublisher on the computer upon which you intend to use it WINDOWS 1 Make sure that you have Adobe Illustrator CS2 or Adobe Illustrator CS installed on your computer If Adobe Illustrator is running exit the program CD version Insert the MAPublisher 7 CD into your CD ROM drive If Autorun is disabled on your system navigate to the MAPublisher 7 x
167. it Selection Filter the current layer is displayed In the MAP Stylesheet Editor all layers hosted by the stylesheet are displayed Unique values contained in each attribute column can be viewed in the Description panel Descriptions and examples have been provided for each function and parameter in the Description panel Functions ABS ACOS ASIN ATAN CONTAINS COS DEGREES ENDSWITH IF LIKE LOWER NUMBER POW PROPER RADIANS REGEX ROUND SIN SORT Absolute value of a number Inverse of the cosine of an angle Arcsine of an angle Arctangent of an angle True if source string contains search string Cosine of an angle Converts values from radians to degrees Returns true is the source string ends with the suffix string Based on a conditional statement Searches the source string using wildcards Strings converted to lower case String values as numbers Base to the power of an exponent Strings converted to capital case Converts values from degrees to radians Searches the source string using a regular expression Rounded to specified decimals of precision The sine of an angle Square root of a value STARTSWITH Returns true if the source string starts with the prefix string TAN UPPER Tangent of an angle Strings converted to upper case Attributes and Georeferencing Edit Expression 45 CONFIRMATION When you have finalized your expression and it has been validated click the OK button The exp
168. itive value When exporting Area layers to GIS formats polygon outlines must have a positive Area value Line Functions Flip Lines 99 Join Lines Filter MAP Lines Join Lines Join on Attribute Select the column you wish to base the join on All lines Join Lines m Stes l Join on Attribute STREET m Co Proximity Assign a proximity value in within the selected proximity with E p s f pi s ty A XR Destination Layer Joined the current unit using either the slider or EE Cancel the entry field This value determines qp i PER h Proximity how close together in map units the Destination Layer Enter the name 9 n lines must be in order to be joined of the output layer This new layer will contain the newly joined lines L Close Segment Gaps If two line segments are separated by a distance less than the Proximity selecting this option will create a line segment that connects the two lines gt M Close Segment Gaps Generate non compound paths if lines have common endpoints Mete E lt lt Proximity Units Select a map or page unit to be used for proximity values Generate non compound paths if lines have common endpoints This will generate a single path instead of acompound path whenever a set of joined lines have common endpoints FUNCTIONALITY The Join Lines filter allows a group of linear features to be joined based on a common value within an attribute column For example it ma
169. jection dialog after you drag and drop In essence both MAP Views must contain a coordinate system Therefore this window will allow you to specify one of the following 1 Specify custom projection allows you to specify the projection of the named MAP View via the Source Projection function see page 56 2 Same as allows you to specify the projection of the named MAP View by choosing a coordinate system which already exists in a MAP View in your document Important note Many transformations will inherently cause the loss of precision by the very nature of the complex mathematical calculations that must be performed Additionally there are differences in precision between MAPublisher and Illustrator MAPublisher s calculations are in 64 bit for accuracy but the results still must be stored as 32 bit for Illustrator As a result please be aware that you may lose precision if you drag repeatedly from one coordinate system to another When determining a coordinate system to use via the drag method we strongly recommend you use Edit gt Undo to revert coordinate systems until you find the appropriate system for your data LAYER NAME SEARCH amp REPLACE The MAP Views Options list also provides a Search and Replace function enabling the quick change of names of multiple Illustrator layers For example e00 dgn or AutoCAD imports may contain a large number of similar named layers This option will allow you to quickly change the names of all
170. layers that contain a specified character string MERGE LAYERS This palette also provides a fast way of merging Illustrator layers If you have more than one layer in a MAP View that contain the same attribute structure and data type this option will allow them to be merged into a single layer For example your data may have been received in segments and you therefore find it occupying multiple layers in Illustrator Simply ctrl select these layers in the MAP Views palette and click the option for Merge Layers The layers will then be merged to provide a single layer holding your data and its associated attributes ASSIGNING GEOREFERENCING INFORMATION TO ILLUSTRATOR LAYERS Illustrator layers that do not contain georeferencing or attribute information will also appear in this palette under the default MAP View entitled Non map layers Such layers can be quickly moved into a specified MAP View with a matching coordinate system When moving a non map layer into a specified MAP View you will be prompted 54 MAP Views MAP Views palette by the Define Layer dialog to specify the feature type of the layer you are moving This functionality allows map features to be manually traced on a non map layer and then georeferencing information to be quickly assigned to the layer by dragging it to an existing MAP View Multiple layers may be selected and dragged together to a specified map view by using the Apply to all function in the Define Layer dialog CRE
171. le DU C PLA MIT DUE 60 EXPORT ien aai 61 Chapter 6 PLOTTING POINTS EE 65 POINT PLOTTER nisser terii i aas tae AEE scab P ESTE sede vee watt DPCLEY v3 P RD S Fr De EEEE 66 Chapter 7 MAP STYLESHEETS EE 69 MAP STYLESHEETS PAVET DE d t ge hl oiises da cece tities EE ESA RE sein Ee 70 USING THE MAP STYLESHEETS PALETTE e Ae ER DER re donated dd pete RE EE EE Se 70 LOADING SYMBOLS AND STYLES 2 erre Lt v VITE RUP Echec HEEN EE YR RE YET 71 CREATING DELETING AND DUPLICATING STYLE SHEETS o rr rr herb t EENS n pU hr rrr 71 MAP STYLESHEET EDITOR critos srt rry rh Eet Ee Eech Ee EE S e re 72 ACCESSING THEMAP STYLESHEETS EDITOR ire esac sci ER Re Rr SE RUP P ne ROEEPIE TERN T pane YE 72 ASSIGNING A STYLE RULE NAME x eth tI RR aa EET VENE RR PCDeU VET e eee TEES ELE Yt 72 SELECTING STYLES AND SYMBOLS ed Eeler EES EE E bhebhEES EXER BE EE BERNER EE 72 ASSIGNING ANIEXPRESSIOD e eder angioina Eege I erhebt UR epo Ronin bes ieu ach dni D RA 73 BUILDING THE STYLESHEET Licinio atram rtr e pU Ead REPE E ODPEE PI ke EUR ERU Rare EUER E Ra DEI ERA E 74 IMPORTANT EEN 74 Chapter 8 LABELING FUNCTIONS EE 75 LABELING TOOUS EE 76 FEATURETEAT ABEL Sossio Ed SE de arl te nas 77 EEATURETEXESETTINGS 7 soror dan E eaEPiT ARRA RO A EE e EELER 77 MAP TAGGER TOOL xci nor dere ated ierra COLERE DUE C RENE PUR RACINE MEUMda rA a a 80 MAP TAGGER SETTINGS aine iera agies Sraa PRG ERU EU FART EE
172. les Supported Elements Supported Geometry Typical File Extensions dlg opt Aggregate No Automated Translation Yes t Circles No User Defined Attributes No Circular Arc No Coordinate System Support Yes 1 Elliptical Arc No Generic Colour Support No i Ellipses No Spatial Index Never Polygon Yes Schema Required No 1 Donut Polygon Yes Transaction Support No Point Yes Geometry Type Attribute dg type i Line Yes Text No USGS SDTS catd ddf Spatial Data Transfer Standard SDTS is a standardized binary format used by the USGS for transferring earth referenced spatial data between dissimilar computer systems that includes support for the inclusion of spatial data attribute georeferencing data quality report data dictionary and other supporting meta data within a single file transfer format Files in the SDTS format will have the extension ddf More information on this format can be found at http mcmcweb er usgs gov sdts A group of ddf files is normally identified by the catalog file or CATD DDF file which relates the files of a single SDTS transfer and binds together all the files with a common prefix Always select the SDTS file which ends in CATID Le HPO1CATD DDF Supported Elements t Supported Geometry Typical File Extensions ddf i Aggregate No Automated Translation Yes i Circles No User Defined Attributes No Circular Arc No Coordinate System Support Yes t
173. les from the list Edit Allows the edit of the Advanced Import Data Source function see below Edit selected file by re opening the Add Remove New based on Allows you to import all of the files in one of the Destination MAP View Advanced Import Data Source function see below Details Displays details of coordinate systems in the File List Use existing Allows you to Projection ID NAD27 Latitude Longitude Degree currently selected file Coordinate System Unit Page Anchors Scale gt Use existing canada g import all of the files ina SS 2 S e esch 2766 fei T Map Anchors and Rotation coordinate system that gt M Auto scale Maie eer c 178 2176 already exists in a MAP 18 pi 48 x View in the document O Create new Editor Map Angle 0 Auto scale If you have multiple files in the File List and have selected the New Based On or Use Existing options check this box to ensure all the files fit inside the page extents when imported Create new Allows you to import all of the files in a new coordinate system Clicking the Editor button opens the MAP View Editor see page 57 Related Tools Advanced Import Data Source Accessed via the Add or Edit button Add Settings Opens a Settings dialog Format Select the data type you wish to import This dropdown lists all MAPublisher supp
174. ls m LJ Kr New Stylesheet Other MAP Layers Lists the MAP aim CS Layers which are not components CH Niels New MAP Stylesheet of any MAP Stylesheet therefore T Town Names Name Specifya a g DH belonging to a Stylesheet of None D vA AS name for the new 3 gt Name MAP Stylesheet 1 Cox a 3 MAP Stylesheet New MAP Stylesheet Opens A i See Cancel the New Stylesheet dialog Delete MAP Stylesheet Deletes the selected Stylesheet Feature Type Specify a feature type for the stylesheet This can be Area Line Point or Text FUNCTIONALITY MAP Stylesheets allow you to quickly create and apply legends based on the Styles and Symbols that exist in the respective Illustrator palettes Stylesheets are created inside a MAPublisher dialog where specific values contained in the attribute table for the related layer are assigned Illustrator symbology MAP Stylesheets can be applied to data on both a one to one basis where specific attribute values are assigned with a specific style or symbol i e Style 1 Value A or with attribute value ranges i e Style 2 Greater than Value B and Less than Value C Stylesheet information will be saved in the Map Document so that the MAP Stylesheet can be quickly edited later USING THE MAP STYLESHEETS PALETTE This palette is the starting point for working with MAP Stylesheets and is opened by going to Window MAPublisher Palettes gt MAP Stylesheets The MAP Stylesheets pal
175. lti user computer operating system URL Universal Resource Locator or Internet address 12 Glossary T U USGS United States Geological Survey UTM Universal Transverse Mercator a common map projection UTM Grid A grid system based upon the Transverse Mercator projection The UTM grid extends North South from 80 N to 80 S latitude and starting at the 180 Meridian is divided eastwards into 60 6 degree zones with a half degree overlap with zone one beginning at 180 degrees longitude The UTM grid is often used for topographic maps and for georeferencing satellite images V Vector Linework Artwork One method of data type used to store spatial data Vector data is comprised of lines defined by beginning and end points which meet at nodes The locations of these nodes and the topological structure are usually stored explicitly Features are defined by their boundaries only and curved lines are represented as a series of connecting arcs Vector storage involves the storage of explicit topology which raises overheads however it only stores those points which define a feature and all space outside these features is non existent Vector Data An abstraction of the real world where positional data is represented in the form of coordinates In vector data the basic units of spatial information are points lines and polygons Each of these units is composed simply as a series of one or more coordinate points A line is a collec
176. lumn 3 Value 2 etc Note that negative values for the X and Y coordinates denote west longitudes and south latitudes respectively Also make sure to enter a carriage return using the enter key on your keyboard after the last line of data otherwise the last line may be ignored by the MAPublisher Point Importer If you are using a spreadsheet application you can enter your point information as a table and save the file in a text format preferably csv or txt choosing either comma or tab delimiting The spreadsheet application will format the text automatically The screenshot below illustrates an example of such a table in Microsoft Excel prior to exporting as a csv or txt for import into Adobe Illustrator using MAPublisher et IST 3 Eile Edit yew Teen Fomat Ino pata Window Help lei xi IDE ein xao SS res amp ans sm e BZ H ESP e 5 A ij X Coords B C D E F gu Y Coords Name Population 2 43 5 Toronto 3 000 000 4075 New York 10 000 000 455 Montreal 1500000 24 5 Miami 3 000 000 n Le 4 E MNSheeti Sheet Sheet 7 Jal siis Ready NM The MAP Location Tool can be used to generate the X and Y coordinate values suitable for building ASCII Point Files See page 38 for more information 36 Technical Reference Guide Tips and Hints JOINING SDTS TABLES The following information should be used in conjunction with the MAPublisher Join a Table function When working with United States Geological Survey SDTS
177. map attribute window by enabling the Just option and choosing a column from the list Criteria may be further refined by enabling the Case sensitive and Match whole word only options There are two methods to replace values The first method requires you to approve each replacement manually by clicking on the Replace button so that each instance of the attribute located via the search parameters is successively replaced in the map attribute table The second method allows for the replacement of all found records simultaneously accomplished by clicking on the Replace All button Attributes and Georeferencing Find and Replace Attributes 41 Edit Schema MAP Attributes palette Edit Schema Edit Column New Column Name Edit the name of the Edit Schema selected column here Y D Type Edit the column type Cli N 5 Up SE Click the M eme Zo Cox here choose from Integer appropriate button to move Type String Reali String or Boolean the selected column up or PathClosed Cancel down the hierarchy ArtScale Size 30 amp size Edit the size of String Area type columns here Column list Attribute and EE property columns on the Capital M Visible lt mm Default Value Assign the current layer are listed here Arable Pct same value to all items in the Select a column here to edit Population C Read only lt selected column if
178. mation Please specify the projection of this MAP View click the Select Feature type AjArea v Apo to zl SEH e specity A Apply to a Specify custom projection Select lt the coordinate system of the Projection named MAP View R ia the Source Featuretype Selectthe Apply to all If you are Sameas Count viat j Ty LatLong EI Piin S type of feature that exists dragging a number of layers lv Projection dialog on the layer being dragged ofthe same feature type to Projection MapInfo Generic Lat Long page 56 Once This dropdown presentsa a specified MAP View you selected the choice of Area Line Point should check this box P n ojection will be displayed below Text or Legend layer types 52 MAP Views MAP Views palette Same as Check this option in order to assign a projection to the named MAP View that matches that of an existing MAP View The projection of the selected MAP View will be displayed below Specify Anchors Should only be accessed if you are creating a new MAP View Laver Name Search amp Replace or you are correcting inaccurate georeferencing information y P Caution editing anchors can damage the accuracy of your data Layer Name Search amp Replace Specify Anchors Replace Text o Map Anchors Ma Anchors Find what area Cancel The location of X 180 Cancel Replace with Boundary the Map Anchors y Lon in the units of the current projection Page Anch
179. mation on supported format versions and elements unique to each data type Each file format will carry a checklist covering which core elements are supported by MAPublisher during its import You can also refer to the Frequently Asked Questions section in this guide for information on any issues associated with the various file formats Also see the File Formats section on pages 20 to 22 FME documentation on these formats can be found at the following link http www safe com products fme formats index php AUTOCAD DRAWING dwg and DRAWING EXCHANGE dxf There are two formats used by AutoCAD DXF drawing exchange format files which are large and ASCII representations of the binary DWG drawing files Logically both files are identical and therefore the FME treats both file types in the same manner Supported Elements Supported Geometry Typical File Extensions dwg dxf Aggregate No Automated Translation Yes Circles Yes User Defined Attributes Yes i Circular Arc Yes Coordinate System Support No Elliptical Arc Yes Generic Colour Support Yes i Ellipses Yes Spatial Index Never Polygon Yes Schema Required Yes Donut Polygon Yes Transaction Support No i Point Yes Geometry Type Attribute autocad entity Line Yes SE Text Yes Supported Versions EE Windows Releases 09 to 14 2000 and 2004 Macintosh Releases 09 to 14 and 2000 Prior to the import process additional S
180. mply Find variables pa Find Next Move to the next value matching the or to Find amp Replace variables simultaneously 3 Find Replace Find what variable Find what Enter a variable on which to 13 gt Find what Saint vj ___ Replace Replace the selected value with the perform a search in the current attribute table Replace with variable lace with St v Note this list will also contain previous criterias lig Replace lt Replace In Replace All Replace all occurrences matching Al Attributes Replace Al amp the Find what variable Replace with Enter a variable on which to replace found items Note this list will S SH cose itive If checked only val hi also contain previous criterias 9 Just NAME vi _ Case sensitive If checked only values matching p CM the case of the Find what variable will be found Find Replace All Attributes Just in Column V Case sensitive lt Perform the Find or Find amp Replace on all values Match wholewor d only If checked only words in the current layer or just in a specified column CT Match whole word only E matching the Find what variable will be found words containing the variable will be ignored FUNCTIONALITY The Find and Replace tool allows for the searching and or replacing of attribute values and properties contained in the MAP Attrib
181. n CREATING A STYLESHEET TEMPLATE You can create template files with legends to automate the production of a series of similar maps The procedure when using MAP Stylesheets is as follows 1 Create a prototype map using the MAPublisher Stylesheet function to create the desired look 2 Make a copy of your prototype map file Delete all the layers from the file so that only the designated Stylesheets exist Save it to a new template file Use this template file as a base for future maps as follows Make a copy of the template file Import all map layers into the template file and do any needed processing In the MAP Stylesheets palette drag your MAP Layers into the desired MAP Stylesheets Your new layers will be symbolized by the previously defined Stylesheet Q0 025A CREATING A MULTI CONDITION IF EXPRESSION In Edit Expression it is possible to assign symbology to map objects by assigning an expression to the Style column In the following example this is achieved by creating a multi condition IF statement In the following example a point layer represents cities Each point has the value Y N or C in the CAPITAL attribute column describing whether the city is a state capital Y is not a state capital N or is a country capital C There are 3 point symbols to assign to the type of point In this example the following expression can be assigned to the Style column of the point layer IF CAPIT
182. n MAPublisher Scale Bars can be subsequently resized via a bounding box for example to add or remove component intervals Scale Bars can also be edited by selecting the Object Edit Scale Bar menu item PREREQUISITES To accurately place a Scale Bar your MAP View must contain accurate georeferencing information and be of a non geodetic coordinate system i e not in degrees The MAP Layer on which you intend to place your Scale Bar must bea OH Legend layer and be selected and unlocked If you require a custom character style to be used for the labels of the Scale Bar it is also advisable to establish this style Window Type Character Styles before opening this dialog The Scale Bar dialog can be accessed by selecting Filter MAP Legend Scale Bar 106 Scale Bars and North Arrows Scale Bar ADDING A SCALE BAR STANDARD OPTIONS Use the Previous and Next buttons to select the Scale Bar design you require Note that certain scale bar designs contain two bars and when such a design is selected the Second Bar column of options will be enabled In the Units list s specify the units that you wish the Scale Bar interval s to be based on The default units are that of the current MAP View In the Interval field s specify a real world distance that each interval of the Scale Bar will represent This figure will be in the Unit you specified in the Units list ADVANCED OPTIONS Click the Advanced button to show or hide
183. n particular those under the MAP Views section pages 51 60 before proceeding Before beginning to georeference an Adobe Illustrator file you must be in possession of the following information 1 Thereal world scale of your data 2 Details of the coordinate system the data is in i e Projection Datum etc 3 The X Y coordinates of one tie in point in the coordinate system of your data When you have this information please use the following guidelines in order to georeferencing data with MAPublisher in Adobe Illustrator 1 Goto View gt Show Rulers Set the 0 0 point to the lower left hand corner of the page by double clicking on the cross hairs in the upper right corner 2 If you have a completed Illustrator vector file go to step 3 Otherwise place and digitize your raster image 3 Identify a registration or tie in point in your document This should be a specific location in your document for which a real world coordinate location is known or can be easily determined Record the location of this point in real world coordinates on a piece of paper 4 Locate the same tie in point on the Illustrator document page and determine its X Y coordinates in page units Record this number as well using Window gt Info 5 You should now have the location of your tie in point in both map and page units e g 79 5 43 5 in Lat Long is located at 4cm 2cm in the document 6 Open the MAP Views palette navigate to the Options section and sel
184. n these entities A data model is independent of a computer system and its associated data structures Database A collection of data organized according to a conceptual structure describing the characteristics of the data and the relationships among their corresponding entities Database management system DBMS A set of computer programs for organizing the information in a database usually containing routines for data input verification storage and retrieval Datum Any numerical or geometrical value surface line or point which may serve as a base or reference for other quantities DEM Digital Elevation Model DEM is a raster format used by the USGS to record elevation information Unlike other raster file formats DEM cells do not represent colour brightness values but rather the elevation of points on the earth s surface Demographics Statistics of birth death population etc Developable surface A developable surface is a simple geometric form capable of being flattened without stretching Many map projections can then be grouped by a particular developable surface cylinder cone or plane DGN Native file format of MicroStation from Bentley Systems Inc Digital The ability to represent data in discrete units or digits Glossary C D 3 Digital Line Graph USGS standard output file format These files can be in either Optional opt do or SDTS ddf form Douglas Peucker Line Simplification Algorithm A method of
185. ne ID displayed in the Finish screen We will then send you an email with a zipped licence file attachment You must unzip this attachment and save the lic file to your MAPublisher Plug in folder ACTIVATING AN EVALUATION VERSION OF MAPUBLISHER 1 After installation of the MAPublisher 7 Demo launch the version of Adobe Illustrator you installed to The Activation Wizard will appear automatically If you wish to delay the start of your 14 day evaluation period you can cancel this wizard When you are ready to activate MAPublisher navigate to the Help menu in Adobe Illustrator and then to MAP Security gt Register If you are connected to the internet select the I want to activate the software over the internet option and click the Next button At the second screen select the option for I want to activate a 14 day evaluation version and then proceed through the wizard as instructed to complete the activation If you cannot activate over the internet select the I want to activate the software by telephone or email option and click the Next button Then phone or email activation avenza com and provide the Machine ID displayed in the Finish screen We will then send you an email with a zipped licence file attachment You must unzip this attachment and save the lic file to your MAPublisher Plug in folder 2 When you are ready to purchase the software you can re open the Activation Wizard at MAP Security
186. nes It is therefore necessary to create additional points to curves to retain their true shape This can be done globally by using the Illustrator s Add Anchor Points function via Object gt Path gt Add Anchor Points This version of MAPublisher supports Bezier curve features during the following operations Scale and Projection transformations via the MAP View Editor Area and length calculations 40 Technical Reference Guide Tips and Hints CREATING SYMBOLS FOR USE IN POINT STYLESHEETS A MAPublisher Symbol Library and a National Parks Symbol Library are supplied in the Utilities folder on the MAPublisher CD You may also find that a search on the internet may be useful for finding additional libraries If you are required to create new symbols the steps below will help you to quickly create symbols manually in Adobe Illustrator 1 Use Adobe Illustrator s tools for the manual creation of artwork that will comprise the new symbol If you wish to use a character that are contained in a font library select the text character instance and go to Type Create Outlines to convert the text to vector art 2 Open the Illustrator Symbols palette Window gt Symbols 3 Select the artwork that will comprise the new symbol and drag it into the Illustrator Symbols palette Double click the symbol in this palette to assign a name 4 When MAP Stylesheet Editor is accessed for Point Stylesheets this symbol will be available in the Style colum
187. newly georeferenced Illustrator map 38 Technical Reference Guide Tips and Hints TIPS ON EXPORTING TO OTHER GIS SOFTWARE WITH MAPUBLISHER These strategies do not focus on how to do the procedures as these are discussed in the Export section page 61 but more on what you need to know and understand for successful export results First and most importantly you need to understand that the MAPublisher export was designed to export MP imported or created data one layer and one feature at a time Why is it important to know this MAPublisher only recognizes objects that have been imported by or created with its filters If a layer was not imported with MAPublisher or is not hosted by a designated MAP View then MAPublisher will not allow you to export the layer If you have an entire layer that was not created by MAPublisher then 1 Ensure that your layer contains only a single feature type Point Area Line or Text 2 Inthe MAP Views palette check that you have a designated MAP View with a matching coordinate system If you do not create a new MAP View see page 59 3 Select the layer in the MAP Views palette 4 Dragthe layer to the MAP View containing the matching coordinate system to georeference the layer There are also a couple of additional considerations to be aware of when exporting Since the current exported vector formats are GIS formats that do not support the concept of Bezier curves you need to compensate for this If y
188. ngly If you do edit the size of your document remember to reset your rulers before opening either Importer in order for MAPublisher to correctly fit the data into the page extents Once your page has been set up you can access the MAPublisher Simple Import function under the File menu at the Import Map Data pullout USING SIMPLE IMPORT OVERVIEW The dialog itself is split into two sections The upper section allows you to choose a file format select the file you wish to import and enter any additional settings that may be required The lower section will display the coordinate system of the selected file and allow you to specify this manually if the program has not detected a coordinate system ADDING FILES In order to select a file or files for import you can either leave the Format dropdown Blank or set the dropdown to the file type you wish to import If this dropdown is left with no selection when you search for your GIS file to open ALL files will be displayed It is often easier therefore to set the Format dropdown at the required format to ease navigation and file selection When you have chosen the format click the Browse button to select your file s and then click Open Alternatively you can type in the full path of the file s in the Dataset field Note that the import of multiple of ASCII Point files is not supported 28 Importing Map Data Simple Import SOURCE MAP VIEW Once the Dataset field has been populated with a
189. ngs are only required for the import of ASCII point data ASCII POINT DATA SETTINGS MAPublisher also allows for the import of delimited ASCII text files as point data provided they contain coordinate values MAPublisher supports the import of delimited ASCII files that contain any of the following delimiters between data values comma return end of line and tab To import ASCII data you must choose the Columns to use for your X amp Y coordinates from the two dropdowns Note that only numerical columns will be listed to ease the process of determining the columns to use If the first line of the text file you are importing contains column headings check the Use first line as a header checkbox though MAPublisher will generally automatically detect if this is the case If the file does not appear to contain column headers MAPublisher will assign the default headers Column1 Column2 to the attribute columns on import You may also choose to multiply your coordinate values by a specified value For example if a Point has a coordinate value of 2 5 by 6 2 entering a Multiplication value of 10 would result in its coordinate being 25 by 62 after import To enter such values click the Multiply button and enter your values into the X and Y fields ADVANCED IMPORT FILE LIST Once the Dataset field has been populated with a valid path and you have clicked OK the program will close the Advanced Import Data Source dialog and either read the selected
190. ns and brush styles fill patterns These files can be found in the utilities folder on your MAPublisher CD Please refer to your Adobe Illustrator User Guide for details about how to add these libraries to your Adobe Illustrator Style palette Technical Reference Guide MAPublisher Import Formats 5 MAPINFO TABLE tab The MapInfo TAB format is a proprietary format used by the MapInfo Professional Desktop mapping product MapInfo native format files are often called Tab files The MapInfo TAB importer is closely patterned after the MapInfo MIF MID reader and writer This commonality makes it easy to support both MIF and MapInfo native formats in the same mapping file MapInfo is a two dimensional 2D system with no provision for transferring elevation data for each vertex in a MapInfo feature A single logical TAB file consists of a number of physical files having the following file name extensions tab The main file for a MapInfo table it is associated with the appropriate dat map id and ind files dat Tabular data for a table in MapInfo s native format id An index to a MapInfo graphical objects MAP file map Contains geographic information describing map objects ind An index to a MapInfo tabular DAT file These extensions are added to the base name of the TAB file creating separate physical files that must all reside in the same directory You must select the tab file for import Supported Elements Suppo
191. ns are specified by a set of parameters that define this mathematical model including the earth model ellipsoid or datum the units used to measure the coordinates the projection type and any parameters specific to the projection type Coordinate systems may be extracted from input feature data sources may come predefined or may be defined by MAPublisher users MAPublisher allows output coordinate systems that are different than the input ones to be specified and performs the required coordinate conversions when necessary MAPublisher currently contains over 4000 coordinate systems which are defined by a wide range of differing projections datums and ellipsoids Even though the current list of selections is comprehensive there may be instances where the end user may wish to add a brand new coordinate system to meet their particular needs or perhaps to modify an existing definition to change the units for example In either case the coordinate system database files that accompany MAPublisher may be edited directly by the end user so that new modifed entries can be permanently stored within the defined list of coordinate system options Before commencing the process of creating a custom coordinate system ensure that Adobe Illustrator is closed CREATING A CUSTOM COORDINATE SYSTEM The following pages will deal with the process of defining a custom coordinate system via manually editing the coordinate system definition files For advanced users pl
192. nt of X 0 Y 2 0 for the Page Anchors and X 180 Y 90 for the Map Anchors From this point on these two points are dynamically linked Note that in MAPublisher dialogs Map Units are displayed in the coordinate system of the layer ATTRIBUTE INFORMATION The attribute table that forms part of a GIS map file is one of the most important parts of any data set It is in the attribute table that we find important information such as street names for lines zoning or zip code numbers for areas and elevations for points to go along with our vector line area or point data Along with vector line area and point data imported as explained in the previous sections MAPublisher also imports the attribute data table associated with any vector map file that it supports Please refer to the MAP Attributes section page 39 for information on viewing and editing attributes MAP LAYERS Throughout this guide an Illustrator Layer containing georeferencing and or attribute information will be referred to as a MAP Layer Each MAP Layer which can contain attribute information is symbolized in MAPublisher palettes and dialogs with an icon depicting its feature type A Arealayer e g county boundaries urban areas country outlines etc Linelayer eg rivers roads railways etc P Pointlayer e g town and city symbols railway stations etc Text layer e g text labels 36 Attributes and Georeferencing Foreword MAPUBLISHER PROPERTY ATTR
193. obe Illustrator native postscript file format Refer to the Adobe Illustrator User Guide for more information DOQ Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle DOQ are geographic images from the United States Geological Survey USGS and are stored in the JPG format They can be placed by Adobe Illustrator and registered by the MAPublisher Register Image filter DOQ s are usually very large files 30 40 MB or more and will require extremely large amounts of RAM DRG Digital Raster Graphics DRG are scanned images of published topographic maps from the USGS stored in TIF format They can be placed by Adobe Illustrator and registered by the MAPublisher Register Image filter DRG s are also usually very large files 30 40 MB or more and will require extremely large amounts of RAM for any manipulation within Illustrator EPS The Encapsulated Post Script EPS file is used to transfer PostScript language artwork between applications also see PostScript in the glossary section of the User Guide EPS files are easily opened by Adobe Illustrator because the format is widely supported by most graphics programs It is the preferred format for export to most illustration and page layout programs EPS files are by their nature vector based but can contain embedded raster graphics and fonts GIF Graphic Interchange Format GIF is a colour indexed graphics format commonly used for web pages and image file transfer Adobe Illustrator can export 8 bit indexed colour o
194. ocument entitled FME CS Support pdf which is located in the Documentation folder of the MAPublisher CD and MAPublisher 7 download and on the following webpage http www avenza com support documentation html ASSIGNING A PROJECTION If you wish to set the current coordinate system of the data rather than change coordinate system you can click the Source Projection button You must use caution as this option will set source coordinate systems only and not serve to reproject your data Therefore data integrity may be lost if you overwrite the current coordinate system of the MAP View via the use of this utility Please see page 56 for a description of this function SEARCHING FOR A PROJECTION The Find Projection tool which is available in all occurrences of the Source Projection and MAP View Editor dialogs allows you to search for coordinate systems based on an entered text string Searches can be performed on the whole database or solely in Datums Ellipsoids Projection Names Projection Types or Units To access the Find Projection dialog click the icon in the MAP View Editor or in Source Projection In the Find what field enter the text on which to search For example to find coordinate systems with NAD83 properties enter NAD83 From the Where dropdown select an area of the database in which to search For example to find NAD83 in the name only select Projection names When you have entered the search criteria
195. ocument to use to output the text to In addition if there is no fill to an area or polygon object the label tool much like the Illustrator selection tool can only find the paths defining the unfilled area Therefore in such cases it cannot find the unfilled area and thus cannot label the unfilled area Technical Reference Guide Frequently Asked Questions 13 PROJECTION ISSUES How do I know what coordinate system my files are in In MAPublisher the importers will automatically determine the coordinate system of the chosen files if this information is included in the file header or is located in an associated file e g prj If MAPublisher returns a message of lt undetected gt for the Projection you should first ask your data provider to provide you with this information Also there are a couple of strong hints that may indicate that a file is in lat long Both ArcView and MapInfo tend to store files in lat long for rapid reprojection This is why most files derived from such sources are stored in lat long A good test to see if a file is in lat long is to look at the Map Anchor values in the MAP View Editor or in the MAP Location Tool Typical Lat Long values will be X between 180 and 180 amp Y between 90 and 90 OTHER ISSUES How accurate is MAPublisher georeferencing At this point in time we are restricted to 32 bit storage for numbers which allows for 7 digits of precision The 32 bit storage restriction is controlled by t
196. ogically structured or organized into objects and which may not even be geometrically clean Spaghetti data can be useful however if all that is required is a visual image or plot of a map and no spatial analysis is to be performed Spatial Of space a two or three dimensional position in space Spatial Data Any information about the location and shape of and relationships among geographic features This includes remotely sensed data as well as map data Sphere Coordinates X Y locations on the ellipsoidal earth usually expressed in degrees and minutes Spheroid An ellipsoid of rotation that is flattened at the poles like the earth Spline A function in MAPublisher that improves the smoothness of curved lines drops redundant points from paths and changes the anchor points on paths to direction points for further manual modifications SPOT An earth resource satellite with high resolution sensors launched by France in January 1986 Static Graphic Files Unchanging and uneditable graphic files Glossary S 11 T Thematic Map A map displaying selected kinds of information relating to specific themes such as soil land use etc Theme A user defined perspective on a geographic dataset specified if applicable by a name and feature class or dataset name attributes of interest or data classification scheme Thiessen Polygon A polygon bounding the region closer to a point than to any adjacent point The polygons are drawn so
197. oints Required to Represent a Digitized Line or Its Caricature Canadian Cartographer Vol 10 No 2 December 1973 There are a number of online resources where more information may be found on the Douglas Peucker algorithm including http citeseer nj nec com hershberger92speeding html and http www cs unc edu mantler safesimp safeset sld004 html BEZIER CURVES AND OTHER MAPUBLISHER OPERATIONS Bezier curves are defined using four control points Two of these are the end points of the curve while the other two effectively define the gradient at the end points These two points control the shape of the curve The curve is actually a blend of the control points This is a recurring theme of approximation curves defining a curve as a blend of the values of several control points Most GIS formats do not usually support bezier curves used in graphics packages such as Adobe Illustrator As such you will typically find that curved sections of GIS data will be composed of a series of small line segments rather than an actual curve This is also how such features will first appear in Illustrator when imported with MAPublisher The MAPublisher Simplify Lines filter can be used to convert this type of feature into a Bezier curve see page 101 If Bezier curves are exported from Illustrator using any of the MAPublisher Export filters they will be converted to link and node topology i e the end points of the curve will simply be joined as straight li
198. on some of your data may be imported outside of the page extents 2 If you specify Fit to page based on new MAP View the incoming data will be treated separately from the matching data as if it was the first import RESULTS The data will be imported into Adobe Illustrator as individual Illustrator layers one for each feature type in the import The name of these layers will be the same as the name s of the original imported data file with the appropriate feature type extension appended For instance importing a single polygon file named world mif would produce a single Illustrator layer called world area which contains the imported file Additionally this layer can be seen as part of a MAP View where Illustrator layers are automatically placed as sub features of specific coordinate systems or MAP Views 30 Importing Map Data Simple Import Advanced Import File Import Map Data Advanced Advanced File Name The directory path of E the map file s to be imported File Name Projection ID File Numbers Allows the selection of individual files in NAD27 Latitude Longitude Degree File List This is a table where all order to activate the Edit and 1 Tutorial Data usa tab titu mg FER Tutorial Data worldwest shp Robinson in METER a files selected for import are listed Remove buttons Remove Removes Add Allows the selection of files for import by opening the selected fi
199. on the generated text path Labels can be modified if they exceed the length of the line in the current default font size First check the Adjust label if larger than line option to activate the label rules Rules are executed by MAPublisher in a hierarchical order the order of which can be edited by clicking on the rule and then pressing the Up or Down button Checking the Reduce font size option will allow you to reduce the size of the font to a specified minimum size in points Checking Reduce horizontal scaling will allow text to be scaled down horizontally by the fraction specified Feature Text Label also provides an additional option not applicable in MAP Tagger If ANY of the labels have been adjusted in size due to the activation of a line adjustment rule ALL labels can be resized to the same size by checking the Set all labels to the same minimum font size option If no rules are enabled MAPublisher will not perform any scaling of the label and when any of the rules specified in the panel cannot be satisfied MAPublisher will default to placing the label centered over the line Also note that text generated for Line labels will be automatically orientated above the lines irrespective of the direction of line digitization If you attempt to label an area that is on a line layer for example if there are lakes on a river layer the label will be placed as point text to the right of the first point in the polygon AREA LABELS MAP
200. ope and North America in the 19th Century The centre point for NAD27 is Meades Ranch in Kansas USA e NAD83 During the 1970 s and 19805 satellites were able to measure the ellipsoid flattening more accurately the World Geodetic System ellipsoid of 1984 or WGS84 and a new datum was developed from these measurements called the North American Datum of 1983 The Global Positioning System is based on WGS84 The centre point for NAD83 is the centre of the earth s mass and uses the GRS80 spheroid which factors in the earth s equatorial bulge 30 Technical Reference Guide All About Projections MAPUBLISHER PROJECTIONS MAPublisher contains choices from over 4500 supported coordinate systems based upon a wide variety of projections ellipsoids and datums Coordinate systems are listed in the following categories inside the MAP View Editor and Source Projection tools Note that some coordinate systems may exist in a number of categories ALL PROJECTIONS Lists all the coordinate systems in the database CUSTOM Lists coordinate systems added to the database via import LOCAL Lists coordinate systems created via Details Edit RECENTLY USED The last 20 coordinate systems used SEARCH Lists the most recent results of a Find Projection BY CLASS Azimuthal e Conic e Cylindrical Polyconic Pseudoconic Pseudocylindrical BY GEOGRAPHICAL AREA a Africa Asia Australia amp NZ Canad
201. open the Add Area dialog where you specify exact width and height values for the shape DRAWING VIA CLICK AND DRAG To draw shapes at unspecified sizes click and drag over the Map document while holding down the left mouse button until the desired area has been outlined as is done with the standard Illustrator area drawing tools Use the Alt key Windows or the Option key Mac to draw from the centre and or the Shift key to constrain the proportions When you release the mouse button the area will be created ENTERING SPECIFIC DIMENSIONS To draw shapes at specified sizes single click at a point in your Map document at the location from which you wish to plot the shape The MAPublisher Add Area dialog will appear into which you can enter specific dimensions for the area to be drawn If you wish to have the area centered over the click point simply check the Center area on click box If you do not check this box an area will be drawn from its upper left corner Click OK to plot the shape RESULTS Plotting a shape using either of these methods will initially select the features that fall inside the area in whole or part Therefore these tools can be also useful for selecting features that are within designated distances away from a central location 114 Drawing Tools MAP Area Tools Appendices Appendix 1 TECHNICAL REFERENCE GUIDE eseeeeeeeeee een nh nnn A1 1 GRAPHIC EIEEFORMATS ies ek REENEN RR EE iNES EEN AR E ERE E
202. or use in Area and Line Stylesheets Similarly you can navigate to Window gt Symbol Libraries gt Other Library and load MAP PointSymbols ai Then shift select these symbols and drag them into the Symbols palette for use in Point Stylesheets CREATING A NEW STYLESHEET To create new MAP Stylesheets you must first select New MAP Stylesheet under the Options menu or click the New button at the base of the palette This will open the New Stylesheet function where you are required to specify the name and feature type for the new MAP Stylesheet Clicking OK will place the new stylesheet in the palette and assign it with the appropriate icon It is possible to now drag single or multiple MAP Layers with a matching feature type into this stylesheet If your data is held across a number of layers all of these layers can be placed inside the same stylesheet for quick update Note that they do not need to contain the same attribute structures As long as they are all of a matching feature type they can be placed inside one MAP Stylesheet DELETING AND DUPLICATING STYLESHEETS You can create as many MAP Stylesheets as you wish within the document Note that under the Options in the MAP Stylesheets palette there are functions to delete and duplicate stylesheets You can delete the selected MAP Stylesheets by clicking the Delete button at the base of the palette or by selecting Delete Stylesheet under the Options menu If you wish to delete a styleshee
203. orking with Map Line segments As the graphics environment offers much more flexibility when working with vector artwork MAPublisher offers graphics specific line tools which will be discussed in detail in this chapter Buffer Lines will allow you to create a buffer around current lines at designated distances in Map Units Flip Lines can be used to swap the start and end points of lines if these line strings were not originally digitized in a preferable manner Join Lines can be used to connect line segments into continuous line strings based on a specified attribute column Simplify Lines will allow you to remove points and add Bezier curves to all or selected lines based on mathematical formulae Join Points will allow you to join point symbols based on attribute values This tool will generate a line string joining common points and is ideal for GPS data 97 Buffer Lines Filter MAP Lines Buffer Lines Specify Value If you want to enter a Buffer Lines ific value to buffer the selected li z E E A E eerren value in the adjacent entry field C Data by Column Buffer value km z column in its attribute table that contains Cancel buffering values click this radio button and Destination Layer Select the Area layer select the column containing the value hich will hold the buffered objects WEE ered CO DICES gt Destination Layer ALayer 1 E Kilom E lt lt Units Select a unit to use for
204. ors Points Page Anchors Replace with Type in the Find what Type in the x 0 The location of variable you wish to change variable contained in the y lo the Page Anchors the layer names to current layer names on in the units of the which you wish to search current document OVERVIEW The MAP Views palette displays a list of all the layers in the current document and each defined coordinate system Every MAP Layer will be shown in this palette as belonging to a particular MAP View Illustrator layers that do not have georeferencing information i e layers existing in the document prior to import are placed in the Non map layers category Categories are symbolized in the following manner MAP View layers which contain georeferencing information VA Non map layers layers which do not contain georeferencing information Each layer that belongs to a MAP View is symbolized in MAPublisher palettes and dialogs with an icon identifying its feature type Al Area layer e g county boundaries urban areas country outlines etc IL Line layer e g rivers roads railways etc Point layer e g town and city symbols railway stations etc tT Text layer e g text labels OD Legend layer for MAPublisher Legend items North Arrows Scale Bars Grids FUNCTIONALITY MAP Views are designed to provide an easy method of accessing dialogs for specifying and changing coordinate systems for editing scales and data placemen
205. orted data types 3 gt Format ESRI Shape Import if the file format requires the input of extra parameters such as for the import of DGN DXF DWG E00 and ASCII Point Data see page 27 Settings Cancel Dataset Displays the directory path and filename for the currently selected Dataset Tutorial Data worldwest shp A s J Browse Opens a Data Source browser to enable the selection of file s You can also manually type in Character encoding ISO 8859 1 Latin 1 ASCII 8 bit lt files for import the dataset location here Source Projection This section Source Projection Character Encoding Assign a codec if the attribute information held in allows the manual selection of the the selected dataset uses a double Projection Category Recently Used coordinate system if this information B O4 byte character set is not held in the data source Robinson in METER custom ID PME 0 NAD27 Latitude Longitude Degree NAD83 UTM Zone 17 North Meter EPSG 26917 Mapinfo Generic Lat Long Lambert Conformal Conic projection for Canada Meter Projection List A list ofthe coordinate systems available based on the choice of Category Find Projection Click this button to open the Find Projection too Page 59 enabling you to search for coordinate systems by specifying a text string Results are displayed in L
206. ou can preview selected parts of your artwork while displaying the rest as outlines You can also create and save custom views of your document retaining a particular magnification level layering and other viewing features for later retrieval You can even display multiple views of a document at several different magnification levels simultaneously REDRAWING IS AUTOMATIC Redrawing of the affected map objects is clean and automatic and impacts only the redrawn portion and possibly some immediately adjacent portions of the map This eliminates the need to wait while the entire map is re drawn or refreshed This applies to text as well as to vector data BROAD SELECTION OF FONTS A broad and flexible selection of text fonts styles sizes and enhancement features e g haloing is available PASTE IN FRONT OR BEHIND When pasting map objects elements you have the option of deciding to paste the new object in front or behind the copied elements at the time of pasting POSTSCRIPT PATTERN FILLS You can use PostScript pattern fills and complex vector strokes You can sample colours from images and apply them precisely to vector data 18 Technical Reference Guide Graphics Backgrounder COMPLEX COLOUR TREATMENTS Even with complex colours you can quickly and accurately create colour ramps with differing depths intensity of 1096 2096 etc These can be set as individual colours on a palette or as a gradient across mapped features I
207. ou have Bezier curves in your Adobe Illustrator file they will not be recognized in the GIS software In order for these features may be represented correctly you will need to add points to these lines in Illustrator first Simply identify and select any objects that use Bezier curves and then select Object Path Add Anchor Points Repeat this command until the line has a sufficient number of anchor points that the shape of your curves will not be lost on export Adobe Illustrator stores the origin of text that has been applied along paths differently from other text objects We have found the following steps to be the most successful way to get such Text exported to GIS files 1 Create a new Illustrator layer Select any text that has been created along paths Drag this text to the new Illustrator layer Select Type Create Outlines The text will be converted to vector objects In the MAP Views palette drag this layer back into your MAP View specifying Area as the feature type You can now export your Text as Area objects Since the text is no longer text you can no longer modify the fonts We recommend that you make a copy of the original text objects before you do this process These hints on how to transfer Illustrator files are necessary because the graphics environment handles text and curves differently and they need some modification in order for the GIS software to represent these accurately o Etat TIPS ON EXPORTING DATA TABLES
208. our edits to the attribute structure on the selected layer These edits will immediately be visible in the MAP Attributes palette EDIT COLUMN Edit Schema can also be accessed via the Edit Column context menu In the MAP Attributes palette select the column you wish to edit and access the tool by right clicking or CTL clicking on an cell or attribute column heading The Edit Schema function will be opened with the same column immediately selected in the column list for editing NEW COLUMN 4 Edit Schema can also be accessed via the New Column tool In the MAP Attributes palette access the tool by clicking the New Column button or menu item The Edit Schema function will be opened with a new column immediately selected at the base of the column list for editing Attributes and Georeferencing Edit Schema 43 Edit Expression accessed from Edit Schema Apply Expression New Edit Selection Filter MAP Stylesheet Editor Edit Expression Operator buttons Click to insert me e D an operator Into the Aien gt A ma apanan pana n mum the current cursor position POPULATION 1000000 Cancel lt Expression Entry Where all composition of the expression occurs Ze i n Use the keyboard operator buttons Expression Validity Indicates if the and or the Objects list to compose expression is valid or invalid If the expression invalid additional info is reported 9 The expression is valid Position 18
209. p www census gov geo www tiger MAPublisher considers the rt or bw1 file as the TIGER dataset Even though each county will consist of a series of files with a common base name there may be a number of different extensions Remember to select the rt1 or bw1 file when importing TIGER data USGS Digital Line Graph dlg opt Import only The United States Geological Survey s DLG file structure is designed to accommodate categories of spatial data represented on a conventional line map Node point line and area data types are accepted The attribute coding scheme is designed to accommodate basic cartographic data categories such as hypsography hydrography or political and cultural features as well as additional thematic data categories USGS SDTS catd ddf Import only Digital cartographic products of the USGS are available in the Spatial Data Transfer Standard format and are generally distributed over the Internet as a means of promoting the standard For SDTS import select the catd file xxxxcatd ddf which is the index file that contains a description of the other files in the SDTS transfer Individual DDF files cannot be imported Generally all SDTS downloads will contain the CATD file ASCII Point txt csv dat Import only MAPublisher also supports the import of ASCII data held in a variety of tabular file formats as long as the data contains coordinate values File types supported are Text txt Data
210. p to other features and other related information TIGER Line files are the public product created from the Census Bureau s TIGER database of geographic information More information on the TIGER Line file format and data product can be found on the U S Census web page at http www census gov geo www tiger This website contains a detailed description of the current TIGER Line format with an explanation of field meaning for each feature type A detailed description of the TIGER Line 1998 format with an explanation of field meaning for each feature type is available at http www census gov geo www tiger tiger98 pdf FME considers a directory of TIGER Line data files to be a dataset Optionally the rt1 file may be used as a dataset The directory may contain TIGER Line files for one or more regions The regions are counties or county equivalents Each county consists of a series of files with a common basename and different extensions Always select the rt1 or bw1 file for import Supported Elements Supported Geometry Typical File Extensions rt1 bw1 Aggregate No Automated Translation Yes Circles No User Defined Attributes Yes Circular Arc No Coordinate System Support Yes E Elliptical Arc No Generic Colour Support No i Ellipses No Spatial Index Never Polygon Yes Schema Required Yes Donut Polygon Yes Transaction Support No Point Yes Geometry Type Attribute tiger type Line Yes Su
211. plot a grid remembering to set the feature type to Legend MAPublisher will use the Normal Character Style when generating grid labels If you wish to use a different text size justification font stroke colour and weight it is useful to create a new character style at this stage Window gt Type gt Character Styles A default grid line style will also be used If you wish to use an alternate style for the grid lines add the desired style to the Graphic Styles palette prior to accessing the Grids and Graticules function The MAP View must have a coordinate system assigned in order to plot a grid Graticules and Index Grids can be generated for any coordinate system Measured Grids cannot be generated for unprojected MAP Views i e coordinate systems in Lat Long To access the function select the legend layer and navigate to Filter gt MAP Legend gt Grids and Graticules INDEX GRIDS The Index Grid option allows grids to be created by dividing the extents of the current MAP View into a specified number of cells Specify the number of columns and rows which will comprise the grid and select a graphic style for the grid lines GRATICULES The Graticules option permits grid lines to be placed at specific degree positions and intervals Specify a line of latitude and a line of longitude that graticule lines must pass through Then specify the interval for each subsequent line of latitude and longitude and select a graphic style for the
212. pported Versions M Qc D 1990 1992 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2002 USGS DIGITAL LINE GRAPH dlg opt DLG is a published ASCII format developed by the United States Geological Survey USGS Federal Agency and is intended to assist in data exchange with the National Digital Cartographic Data Base NDCDB The DLG reader supports all three distinct types of DLG data Large scale DLG data 1 24 000 scale Intermediate scale DLG 1 100 000 scale Small scale DLG data 1 2 000 000 scale The three scales of DLG data are physically formatted into files in one of these ways standard optional and graphics formats MAPublisher supports both the standard and the optional DLG distribution formats however the graphics format is not supported Most DLG data is distributed in the optional format 8 Technical Reference Guide MAPublisher Import Formats The DLG file structure was designed to accommodate all categories of spatial data represented on a conventional line map Node line and area data types are present within the DLG format along with linkages and attribute codes Linkages are references to other features within the same DLG data set used in a variety of contexts DLG files do not explicitly store attribute values but use a feature coding approach in which unique feature codes are assigned to the different types of features stored within the data set MAPublisher will look for the extension dlg or opt for the input DLG fi
213. present in the same work environment So join first class mapping organizations from around the world and experience modern day map making by reading this user guide going through the tutorials and experimenting with MAPublisher 7 Contents Welcome cerni ev ERE RUN ee XXE RIS MS iv CONTENTS zeguer geg de o ores nen Pret Input au Eau Taco bt a eis v Whats Newin MAPublisher Ze Seier Ae et e NEE AE cites E BEEN Ae E UESN viii Chapter 1 GETTING STARTED EE 11 System Requitemeblts geehrt ler S voe ER D VV whee dte C ew bee ente ce terea ls 12 MAPublisher Compatibility Notes orete p re IR d Or vk deen three sae s ne S RETI RE EUR E egy 12 Installation Instructions BEE bei Der Y Eb OR dee EDU een Ee 14 Registration and Licensing e deed e E v e daw rer ae reH i pre E E dE Ee 15 TheMAPublisher Tool S Agrar Ste ERR Af E E ee AE ee eh EET 16 Preparing the Workspace rissie pev vrete Y AE RR a wer VEZ VIT E IIS pROD YF ER NR S phate VER EON es 18 Chapter 2 MAP DATA FILE FORMATS cesseeeeeeeeee ee ehe hh hn nnn 19 Import amp Export Supported Data Fommats eee hene 20 Data IN EE ER Chapter 3 IMPORTING MAP DATA 25 SIMPEEIMPORT aura E ree dE E dese E KR CRIME PESCE ER QE R RE IR E NE PR RERO CEEQUEEFEE S E EE 26 ADVANCED IMPORT perm banetes BEEN EE ERRERFOCRT RENE REENEN EE E eka ERE ERG T PERPE 31 Chapter 4 ATTRIBUTES AND GEOREFERENCING e 35 ATTRIBUTES AND GEOREFERENCING FORWARD 00 eee e cece I Hem He ese 36 MAP L
214. qual to Value List of D RR Greater than Less values In the Expression Validity Indicates if the expression is valid or than or equal to etc selected column amp invalid If invalid additional information is reported FUNCTIONALITY ACCESSING THE MAP STYLESHEET EDITOR When you have a MAP Stylesheet created which hosts at least one MAP Layer of the same type click on the stylesheet name and go to Options Edit Alternatively double click the new MAP Stylesheet The Name of the current MAP Stylesheet will be displayed at the top of this dialog which is editable Also a feature type icon will be displayed To begin click the Add button to create elements in your MAP Stylesheet ASSIGNING A STYLE RULE NAME The Style Rule Name column will contain the name of each style rule This can be edited to describe the style rule and or its intention For example style rules could be named Roads or Cities with populations over 200 000 SELECTING STYLES AND SYMBOLS The Style field will contain a list of styles that currently exist in the Illustrator Graphic Styles palette for Area and Line stylesheets in the Symbols palette for Point stylesheets or in the Character Styles palette for Text stylesheets For each rule choose a style or symbol to use Note you can only use a specified style once in a single stylesheet The Move Up and Move Down buttons will move the priority of the selected style up or down the list 72
215. r or wish to change any parameter without generating a new version simply select the Scale Bar and access the Object gt Edit Scale Bar menu item This will re open the Scale Bar function and the current parameters of the bar will be available for editing Note Manually editing the type position font colour etc is not possible on Scale Bars in their default grouped state However manual editing is still possible if the object is expanded first Object Expand Please note however that his will remove all opportunity to subsequently edit the art via the Scale Bar filter Please see Appendix 2 for more information on working with scale bars in MAPublisher 7 Scale Bars and North Arrows Scale Bar 107 Create North Arrow Filter MAP Legend Create North Arrow FUNCTIONALITY The MAPublisher Create North Arrow filter provides the functionality to convert selected symbology into a geographically correct North Arrow Once the north arrow is created it will be rotated true north and this property will be maintained through subsequent reprojection or rotation PREREQUISITES The MAP Layer on which the art to be converted to a North Arrow resides must be a C Legend layer and be selected This Legend layer must be hosted by the MAP View that you wish to base the alignment of your North Arrow on CREATING A NORTH ARROW Select the piece of art that you want to convert to a North Arrow The art can be any form of artwork which can no
216. r Illustrator Symbols palette ENTERING COORDINATES Coordinate values can be entered in either Decimal Degrees DD dd or Degrees Minutes and Seconds DMS ss These values are entered into the Latitude and Longitude fields Lines of Latitude run North South the Equator is an example whereas Lines of Longitude run East West the Greenwich Meridian is an example Positive degree values represent north latitudes and east longitudes Negative degree values represent south latitudes and west longitudes 66 Plotting Points Point Plotter Example Decimal Degree values Latitude Values 12 3456 12 3456 Degrees North 12 3456 12 3456 Degrees South Longitude Values 12 3456 12 3456 Degrees East i 12 3456 12 3456 Degrees West Example Degrees Minutes and Seconds values Latitude Values 12d34 56 78 N 12 Degrees 34 Minutes 56 78 Seconds North i 12d34 56 S 12 Degrees 34 Minutes 56 Seconds South Longitude Values 12d34 56 78 E 12 Degrees 34 Minutes 56 78 Seconds East 12d34 56 W 12 Degrees 34 Minutes 56 Seconds West CHOOSING A SYMBOL AND SCALE When you have entered your values select an appropriate symbol to use Again the symbols displayed are the symbols that currently exist in the Illustrator Symbols palette If you wish to scale the symbol used edit the Scale entry field Clicking the Up and Down arrows will increase or decrease the value by 1096 PLOTTING POINTS Click Create to plot th
217. r MMP within 30 days from the expiry date will result in a lapsed MMP subscription Lapsed subscriptions may not be renewed and the licensee will be required to purchase support and upgrades accordingly Please direct all MMP questions and purchase inquiries to info avenza com WISHLIST As either a new or experienced MAPublisher user we value your opinions on how we can improve our product Please let us know what functions you would like to see incorporated into future upgrades of MAPublisher email us at wishlist avenza com or fill out the form at http www avenza com products wishlist html 26 Technical Reference Guide Technical Support Options All About Projections PROJECTIONS OVERVIEW Map Projections are attempts to show the surface of the earth or parts of it on a flat surface Some distortions of conformality distance direction scale and area always result from this process Certain projections minimize distortions in some of these aspects at the expense of maximizing errors in others whereas others only moderately distort all of these properties Additional information on map projections may also be found at http srmwww gov bc ca gis projectiontutorial html Conformality The scale at any point on the map is the same in all directions Meridians lines of longitude and parallels lines of latitude intersect at right angles Projections with these properties are Conformal Distance A map has an Equidistant proj
218. r grayscale gifs JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group JPEG or JPG is a compression technique for raster file formats The Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle geographic images from the USGS are stored in this format which can be imported by Adobe Illustrator and registered by the MAPublisher Register Image filter DOQ s are usually very large files 30 40 MB or more and will require extremely large amounts of RAM PDF Portable Document Format PDF is a standardized format developed by Adobe for use across Macintosh Windows DOS and UNIX platforms Based on the PostScript Level 2 language PDF supports both raster and vector graphics TIF TIFE GEOTIFF Tagged Image File Format TIFF or TIF is a common raster graphic file format that can be imported by Adobe Illustrator Many raster geographic images from GIS systems are stored in this format which can be imported by Adobe Illustrator and registered by the MAPublisher Register Image filter A GeoTIFF is a TIFF file with embedded geographic information identifying its position and scale in world coordinates OTHERS Please refer to the Adobe Illustrator User Guide for other graphics file formats supported by Adobe Illustrator Technical Reference Guide Graphic File Formats 1 MAPublisher Import Formats This section contains descriptions of the GIS formats supported for import by MAPublisher using the FME engine Here you will find an overview of the structure of each format as well as infor
219. r to Appendix 2 for the new methods of completing common MAPublisher 6 x tasks with MAPublisher 7 x What s New in MAPublisher 7 Chapter 1 Getting Started Before using MAPublisher please read this section to ensure that you have a suitable hardware environment become familiar with the installation procedure and adequately prepare your system and workspace to make maps with Adobe Illustrator and MAPublisher 7 The topics covered in this section are as follows System Requirements MAPublisher Compatibility Notes Installation Instructions Registration and Licensing The MAPublisher Tools Preparing the Workspace 11 e System Requirements Before installing MAPublisher 7 please ensure that you have sufficient system resources as outlined below WINDOWS Adobe Illustrator CS2 or Adobe Illustrator CS H Intel Pentium IIl or 4 processor or equivalent Windows XP 1 GB of RAM 300 MB of available hard disk space MACINTOSH Adobe Illustrator CS2 or Adobe Illustrator CS PowerPC G4 or above Mac OSX 10 3 or higher 1 GB of RAM 300 MB of available hard disk space MAPublisher Compatibility Notes MAPublisher 7 is compatible with Adobe Illustrator versions CS and CS2 Please read the following important compatibility information for use when opening legacy MAPublisher and Illustrator documents BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY MAPublisher 7 documents are not backwards compatible with previous versions of MAPublish
220. re parallel to one another in the Mercator projection the parallels of latitude which on the globe are equal distances apart are drawn with increasing separation as their distance from the equator increases in order to preserve shapes However the price paid for preserving shapes is that areas are exaggerated with increasing distance from the equator The effect is most pronounced near the poles e g Greenland is shown with enormously exaggerated size although its shape in small sections is preserved The poles themselves cannot be shown on the Mercator projection Conic Projection The result of projecting a spherical surface onto a cone In a conic projection a paper cone is placed on a globe like a hat tangent to it at some parallel and a point source of light at the centre of the globe projects the surface features onto the cone The cone is then cut along a convenient meridian and unfolded into a flat surface in the shape of a circle with a sector missing All parallels are arcs of circles with a pole the apex of the original cone as their common centre and meridians appear as straight lines converging toward this same point Some conic projections are conformal shape preserving some are equal area size preserving A polyconic projection uses various cones tangent to the globe at different parallels Parallels on the map are arcs of circles but are not concentric Technical Reference Guide All About Projections 27 Azimuthal P
221. ready a coordinate system in your document which matches the incoming data Matching MAP View Found Your data matches one or more MAP Views found in the document Please select a destination MAP View r Destination MAP View Projection List Choose the known projection from this list Details View or edit the parameters of a selected coordinate system Resize Drag the lower right corner of the palette down to expand the Projection List MAP View list Select the matching Resize MAP View to fit Check this box to rescale the matching data so that both the selected layer and the incoming data fit inside the page extents 26 Importing Map Data Simple Import Add to world O Resize MAP View to fit Q Fit to page based on new MAP View coordinate system that you wish to align the incoming data to Fit to page based on new MAP View Both the matching coordinate system and incoming data will be treated separately in terms of page scaling Import Settings ASCII Point Data Settings AutoCAD DXF DWG Settings X Y Columns These two dropdown lists hold the Group Entities By Group names of all the numeric columns in the selected file entities by layer Name Settings Select the columns from which the X coordinates and geometry or build AutoCAD Group Entities Bulge Handling the Y coordinates for each point will be read schema by scanning Byk O vectori extended entity data EE SE
222. reated by ESRI s ArcInfo product and have a simple ASCII from x y to x y format Due to its simplicity you can also use a text editor such as Notepad to create text files and save them with a gen extension which can then be imported with MAPublisher ESRI Shapefile shp Import and Export Shapefiles are most commonly created by ESRI s ArcView product although other products including MAPublisher are capable of generating files in this format Shapefiles store both geometry and attributes for features and a single shapefile will consist of at least three physical files The shp portion contains the geometric data the dbf contains attributes for the geometric data and the shx contains the index information All three files are required in order to successfully import a shapefile to Adobe Illustrator using MAPublisher There is also usually a prj file which holds the coordinate system information of the shapefile and will automatically be read by MAPublisher on import If your shapefile folder does not contain a prj file you will be required to specify the coordinate system in order to fully utilize MAPublisher The important things to remember when importing shapefiles are that the shp file must be the one that is selected through the MAPublisher import filter and that all its component files must be in the same folder You may also find that your shapefile directory comes with two extra files a sbn and a sbx which hold the spatial in
223. ression will then be inserted into the expression field of the appropriate tool The Edit Expression tool can be re opened if further edits are required EXAMPLE BASIC EXPRESSIONS Note String values are case sensitive and must be entered in double quotes EDIT SCHEMA Ontario applied to column NAME Result All items are assigned the value Ontario in the NAME column MAP Area 01 applied to column Style Result All area items are assigned the value MAP Area 01 in the Style column and are assigned the Graphic Style MAP Area 01 on the page 45 applied to column Rotation Result All point items are assigned the value 45 in the Rotation column and are are rotated to 45 on the page APPLY EXPRESSION Ontario applied to column NAME Result All selected items are assigned the value Ontario in the NAME column MAP Area 01 applied to column Style Result All selected area items are assigned the value MAP Area 01 in the Style column and are assigned the Graphic Style MAP Area 01 on the page 45 applied to Rotation Result All selected point items are assigned the value 45 in the Rotation column and are rotated to 45 on the page SELECTION FILTER NAME Ontario Result When applying this filter all items with the value Ontario inthe NAME column are sel
224. ributes Yes Circular Arc No Coordinate System Support Yes if have prj Elliptical Arc No Generic Colour Support No i Ellipses No Spatial Index Optional i i Polygon Yes Schema Required Yes Donut Polygon Yes Transaction Support No i Point Yes Geometry Type Attribute SHAPE_GEOMETRY Line Yes i Text No 4 Technical Reference Guide MAPublisher Import Formats MAPINFO INTERCHANGE mif mid The MIF is a published ASCII format used by the MapInfo product for input and export purposes The MapInfo Reference Manual describes the MIF format and all constants it uses for colour style symbol and fill patterns MapInfo Interchange Format Files are often called MIF or MIF MID files A single logical MIF file consists of two physical files having the following file name extensions mif Geometric data mid Attributes for the geometric data These extensions are added to the base name of the MIF file creating separate physical files that must all reside in the same directory You must select the mif file for import Each entity in a mif file has a row of attributes stored in an associated mid file A single mif file contains many different types of geometry however the associated attribute in the mid file must have the same number and type of fields for each entity in the mif file The order of the entries in the two files is synchronized For example the second geometric entity in the mif
225. rmally be converted to an Adobe Illustrator symbol Then select Filter gt MAP Legend gt Create North Arrow On creation the North Arrow will be added to the Illustrator Symbols palette and the coordinate system of the host MAP View will be used to align the North Arrow correctly Note Sample North Arrow designs are included on your MAPublisher CD Go to Window Symbol Libraries Other Library navigate to the Utilities folder on your CD and load the MAP NorthArrows ai file Drag the required symbol onto your Legend layer and then execute the Create North Arrow filter 108 Scale Bars and North Arrows Create North Arrow Chapter 13 Working With Images MAPublisher contains tools for working with geographic raster images such as aerial photography and satellite imagery The Register Image filter allows you to accurately register raster images with or without georeferencing information to your vector map data The Export Image filter provides the functionality to export raster images with georeferencing information attached Georeferencing information for such images are usually stored in a separate text file except GeoTIFF where the image and its associated reference file have the same file name but a different file extension The reference file formats that can be read by Register Image or written to by Export Image are World tfw Image Report irp Mapinfo TAB tab ListGeo lgo GeoTIFF tif a
226. rmat dropdown list ADDITIONAL NOTES VALID AREA DIRECTION AREA LAYER EXPORTS When exporting Area layers to GIS formats polygon outlines must have a positive Area value whereas holes held inside compound paths or complex shapes must have a negative Area value If you have values for polygons in the Area property column of your MAP Attribute table which contradict these guidelines you can use the following tools to convert the MAPublisher area calculation from a negative to a positive value or vice versa Flip Lines tool page 99 for convert multiple areas Create a Selection Filter page 92 to select all elements that have an Area of less than zero to select negative values or greater than zero to select positive values Then go to Filter gt Flip Lines AreaDirection property value page 37 for convert areas one by one Select the area to edit and then choose the alternate value for AreaDirection in the MAP Attributes palette TEXT PROPERTY TEXT LAYER EXPORTS It is not possible to export values in the Text property column An alternative is to create a new string attribute column and assign it an expression of Text See Edit Schema page 42 MAP Views Export 63 Norwegian Vestardien ea Lofof n essel EOM c lS Ln We S GE Shetland sends a o kn fslands Cape Wrath o D f 25 nds End o Chanr dd Ouessant Brest Plateau dy T domelt
227. rojection The result of projecting a spherical surface onto a plane In an azimuthal projection a flat sheet of paper is tangent to the globe at one point The point light source may rn 1j be located at the globe s centre gnomonic projection on the globe s surface directly opposite 7 the tangent point stereographic projection or at some other point along the line defined by Su the tangent point and the center of the globe e g at a point infinitely distant orthographic projection In all azimuthal projections the tangent point is the central point of a circular map all great circles passing through the central point are straight lines and all directions from the central point are accurate If the central point is a pole then the meridians great circles radiate from that point and parallels are shown as concentric circles The gnomonic projection has the useful property that all great circles not just those that pass through the central point appear as straight lines conversely all straight lines drawn on it are great circles A navigator taking the shortest route between two points always part of a great circle can plot his course on a gnomonic projection by simply drawing a straight line between the two points Miscellaneous Projections Projections that do not fall into the above categories such as unprojected maps and rectangular latitude and longitude grids Also this classification can be applied to modified projec
228. rom Current Selection Removes the Deletes the highlighted filter s New Selection Filter Opens the New Selection Filter function below for the composition of an expression Get Subset of Current Selection highlighted criteria from the current selection Makes a selection within the current selection New Edit Selection Filter Edit Selection Filter Name Assign or edit the name of the selection filter 3 gt Name Expression Enter the expression 3 gt Expression POS SGMI 10 directly into the entry field or click B 9 The expression is valid the Browse button to access the Edit A EN Expression function see page 44 Population less than 10 per SQMI EI ema _ Expression Validity Indicates if the expression is Q9 valid or invalid If invalid additional info is reported FUNCTIONALITY MAPublisher Selection Filters allow you to build edit and apply multiple selection criterias based on the attributes and properties contained in MAP Layers Selection criterias are created in an expression builder where you can create an expression to describe the selection you wish to make Selection filters can be applied to any MAP layer and are saved in the document so that they can be edited or applied later CREATING A SELECTION FILTER The MAP Selection Filters palette is opened by going to Window MAPublisher Palettes MAP Selection Filters This palette
229. rresponding point symbol Orient labels to lines of latitude on projected MAP Views if required For area labels Automatically find the best position for area labels Orient labels to lines of latitude on projected MAP Views if required Set minimum font sizes and horizontal scaling preferences to fit labels within polygons Wrap text containing multiple words For line labels Automatically find the best position for line labels Smooth labels if required Select the vertical position of the label relative to the line Set minimum font sizes and horizontal scaling preferences to fit labels to the paths NEW GRIDS amp GRATICULES GENERATOR Grids can now be created on any projected or geodetic MAP View and can be edited after placement Choose from 3 grid types Index Grid Grid created by dividing the map extents into a specified number of cells Graticules Place grid lines at specific degree positions and intervals Measured Grid Plot cells at specific sizes and position Assign graphic and or character styles to grid lines Omit characters from cell references or start referencing at a designated label combination Edit grids and graticules after creation via the Object Edit Grid menu item Automatically resize grids by dragging the bounding box NEW SCALE BAR GENERATOR More scale bar designs have been added including double bars for the creation of scale bars in multiple units Preview automatically updates to current parameters Sc
230. rt of the Working With Images section USING EXPORT IMAGE With the Image selected go to Filter gt MAP Images gt Export Image The Store Geography as dropdown will list the five available reference file formats A regular TIF file will be generated with a reference file carrying the extension TFW IRP TAB or LGO if you choose one of these formats If you select GeoTIFF from this dropdown only a TIF file will be produced as this will carry both the image and the georeferencing information RESULTS When you have set all of your export options click the Save As button This will allow you specify a name for the TIF file and the location where it will be saved If the format is a TIF and reference file combination the reference file will carry the same file name and will be saved to the same location as the TIF You can subsequently use this image file in imagery applications such as Avenza s Geographic Imager or in other Illustrator documents using MAPublisher 112 Working With Images Export Image Py me PENNSBURY A P CHADDS FORD Chapter 14 Drawing Tools In MAPublisher any artwork you create on a specified MAP Layer using Illustrator s drawing tools will be incorporated into the map data on that layer and can therefore be rescaled or reprojected with the existing data If the new artwork is of the same feature type as the MAP Layer they will be automatically added to the attribute table of that layer Therefore it
231. rted Geometry Typical File Extensions tab dat id map ind Aggregate Yes Automated Translation Yes i Circles Yes User Defined Attributes Yes i i Circular Arc Yes Coordinate System Support Yes Elliptical Arc Yes i Generic Colour Support Yes i Ellipses Yes Spatial Index Always Polygon Yes Schema Required Yes Donut Polygon Yes Transaction Support No Point Yes Geometry Type Attribute mapinfo type i Line Yes Text Yes The MAPublisher TAB importer supports the storage of point line polyline arc ellipse rectangle rounded rectangle region polygon and text geometric data in tab files Each geometric entity present in a tab file has display properties such as pen and brush width pattern and colour Supported TAB properties match those described for MID MIF files on the previous page 6 Technical Reference Guide MAPublisher Import Formats MICROSTATION DESIGN dgn MicroStation Design Files or DGN dgn are the native files created by Bentley Systems Inc s MicroStation product Design files consist of a header followed by a series of elements The header contains global information including the transformation equation from design units to user coordinates as well as the dimension of the elements in the file Each element contains standard display information such as its colour level class and style as well as a number of attributes specific to its element type
232. rve with lines of latitude option is checked Feature Text Label also provides an additional option which is not available with the MAP Tagger tool If ANY of the labels have been adjusted in size due to the deployment of an area adjustment rule ALL labels can be resized to the same size by checking the Set all labels to the same minimum font size option If no rules are enabled MAPublisher will not perform any scaling of the label and when any of the rules specified in the panel cannot be satisfied MAPublisher will default to placing the label centered over the area In situations with area compounds MAPublisher will label the largest area in the compound P POINT LABELS Click the Point Labels button to assign MAPublisher Point Label Settings You can choose to have the labels oriented along lines of latitude on projected MAP Views by selecting the Labels curve with lines of latitude option If this option is used MAPublisher will create text paths that will conform to the lines of latitude that the text is placed at If this option is not selected the labels will be placed horizontally Adjust the Label Position by specifying where you want the label to be positioned relative to the point The nine options in the list allow you to select where the text anchor will be placed Note that when any of the point settings specified cannot be satisfied MAPublisher will default to placing the label to the top right of the point FEATURE TEXT
233. s check the Use first line as a header checkbox though MAPublisher will generally automatically detect if this is the case If the file does not appear to contain column headers MAPublisher will assign the default headers Column1 Column2 to the attribute columns on import You may also choose to multiply your coordinate values by a specified value For example if a Point has a coordinate value of 2 5 by 6 2 entering a Multiplication value of 10 would result in its coordinate being 25 by 62 after import To enter such values click the Multiply button and enter your values into the X and Y fields Importing Map Data Simple Import 29 IMPORTING DATA When you have your file s selected and if necessary specified the coordinate system and or extra settings you can click OK to import If MAPublisher finds there is a coordinate system already in your document which matches the incoming data the Matching MAP View dialog will open see MAP Views on page 26 If this dialog opens you must choose to either add the incoming data file to a specified MAP View or create a new MAP View to hold the incoming data 1 If you specify Add to choose the MAP View from the listbox to add your incoming data to This option will also allow you to rescale the existing and incoming data which will comprise this MAP View in order to fit them all inside the page extents To achieve rescaling check the Resize MAP View to fit option If you do not check this opti
234. s are stored in the Illustrator Symbols palette IMPORT MAP VIEW Import MAP Views and associated layers from other documents with all georeferencing and attributes intact DOUBLE BYTE CHARACTER SUPPORT Import and export layers containing attributes or labels in double byte character sets Labeling of map objects containing such characters is fully supported if an applicable font is available REMOVAL OF LEGEND FILTERS As Legend functionality is now all available in Stylesheets the following filters have been removed in this release Assign Legend Info Auto Assign Legend Info Draw Legend Layer Legend Matching Features Note all legend information held in pre MAPublisher 7 documents will be converted into new stylesheets on opening of the document Please see the Legacy Conversion section page 13 for more information REMOVAL OF TABLE FILTERS All MAP Table filters have been removed in this release The functionality previously found in Import Table and Join Table can now be found in the new Import Table tool accessible from the MAP Attributes palette Note table information held on table layers in pre MAPublisher 7 documents will not be retained on opening of the document Please see the Legacy Conversion section page 13 for more information REMOVAL OF MAP COPY PASTE Map data can now be safely copied between MAP Layers via Illustrator s Copy and Paste functions For users of MAPublisher 6 or earlier please refe
235. s in the database and if you choose this category it may take some time to choose the one relevant to your MAP View The dialog also offers a checkbox to enable you to select a coordinate system that already exists in the document The Same as dropdown will allow you to select from a list of existing georeferenced MAP Views This function is useful when a series of MAP Views exist of different areas but even though they have different coordinate systems i e position on the page you require them all to be in the same coordinate system Again the Preview Pane will display the new data extents for any new coordinate systems specified in the MAP View Editor 58 MAP Views MAP View Editor To match coordinate systems across a number of MAP Views simply drag the Illustrator layers into the MAP View containing the coordinate system you require as discussed in the MAP Views palette section If you wish to view or edit the parameters of a certain coordinate system click the Details button The editing of coordinate systems using the Details panel is intended for Advanced users only Note that editing a coordinate system will cause a new custom coordinate system to be created Avenza Systems cannot guarantee the accuracy of reprojections performed using an edited coordinate system It is recommended that you search the database for suitable coordinate systems before editing as a suitable one may already exist For more information please refer to the d
236. s of the mouse cursor on the selected layer in current Map Units and in Degrees When no georeferencing is present on the selected layer the window will display the coordinates in Page Units The window will also display the Map and Page Anchors the Scale Angle of rotation and the Projection and Units of the MAP Layer The MAP Location Tool also enables the X and Y position of the cursor in the current Map Units WX and WY to be copied to the clipboard An example of a use of this function is that it enables you to build point files in an external text editor files which can then be re imported with MAPublisher Coordinates are copied with the X value first and Y value second and are delimited by a comma For example 79 396527 43 631979 USING THE MAP LOCATION TOOL To use the MAP Location Tool click on the icon in Illustrator s Main Toolbar With the cursor scroll around your map document and note how the Map Units update with the location of the mouse If you wish to stop the location values from updating in the MAP Location window as you move the mouse hold down the Apple key Mac or Ctrl key Windows To copy the coordinates of a specific location ensure you have the appropriate layer selected in the Illustrator Layers palette and then with the location cursor determine the exact position you wish to copy Then hold down the Shift key and click on the document The X and Y position in Map Units will be copied to the clipboard You
237. sat images this projection is used for areas that are long thin zones at a diagonal with respect to north such as Alaska State Plane Zone 5001 Transverse Mercator These projections result from projecting the sphere onto a cylinder tangent to a central meridian Transverse Mercator maps are often used to portray areas with larger north south than east west extent Distortion of scale distance direction and area increase away from the central meridian British National Grid This is one of many national grid systems are based on the Transverse Mercator projection and is administered by the British Ordnance Survey The true origin of the system is at 49 degrees north latitude and 2 degrees west longitude The false origin is 400 km west and 100 km north Scale at the central meridian is 0 9996 The first BNG designator defines a 500 km square The second designator defines a 100 km square The remaining numeric characters define 10 km 1 km 100 m 10 m or 1 m eastings and northings 28 Technical Reference Guide All About Projections Universal Transverse Mercator UTM Used to define horizontal positions world wide by dividing the surface of the Earth into 6 degree zones each mapped by the Transverse Mercator projection with a central meridian in the center of the zone UTM zone numbers designate 6 degree longitudinal strips extending from 80 degrees South latitude to 84 degrees North latitude UTM zone characters designate 8 degree zones e
238. se or decrease the scale value by 1096 increments Symbol Selection Choose a symbol to use The symbols displayed here will be the same as in the Illustrator Symbols palette Create Click to plot a point using the entered values PREREQUISITES In order to plot points using the Point Plotter you must first have a fully georeferenced MAP View in your document as this function will use the coordinate system of that MAP View in order to generate points Furthermore you must create a new Illustrator layer in which your points will be placed as the software will not support multiple feature types on the same layer Remember once you have created a Point layer you must drag it into the desired MAP View specifying P Point in the Define Layer dialog When you have a Point layer created in the correct MAP View and a Symbols palette you will find useful for this function you can open the Point Plotter This palette is located under Window MAPublisher Palettes USING POINT PLOT SETTING UP THE SYMBOL SELECTION The symbols used by Point Plotter are a direct reproduction of those that exist in the Illustrator Symbols palette To open the Illustrator symbols palette go to Window Symbols If you wish to add points to this palette create your symbols as closed Illustrator objects and simply drag them into this palette Alternatively open the MAP Symbols file in the Utilities folder on your MAPublisher CD and drag the symbols into you
239. sily placed along any path or outside the map extents and is fully editable Technical Reference Guide Graphics Backgrounder 19 Memory Considerations RAM RECOMMENDATIONS Occasional User 1 GB of RAM is recommended A graphics or GIS user who uses MAPublisher with medium sized data sets with up to 20 layers minimal text labels and some low resolution or small coverage raster images Power User more than 1GB of RAM is recommended A professional cartographer who uses MAPublisher daily and works with large urban data sets including large transportation layers with 20 or more layers raster based air photographs large numbers of text labels complex fill patterns etc RAM USAGE HINTS Users often ask us why is so much RAM needed to operate MAPublisher First of all Adobe Illustrator requires a significant amount of RAM itself in order to run smoothly Secondly map data sets are often large which increases the need for RAM even further Map data sets contain both vector and attribute data which must be stored in memory Since we are adding a database to Illustrator this increases the file size which increases the RAM requirements MAPublisher builds a mini GIS application inside Illustrator so that it can geo code information and attach data to objects This also has some overhead GIS users also often ask why so much more memory is needed with MAPublisher than is with GIS software The graphics environment software of Adobe Illustr
240. simplifying line data by removing unnecessary vertices Drag To hold down the mouse button while you move the mouse cursor on the screen Drag and drop The act of dragging a file with the mouse over another executable file to cause some action on the first file DTP Desktop Publishing DWG AutoCAD Drawing file DXF AutoCAD Drawing Exchange Format E Element A fundamental geographical unit of information such as a point line area or pixel EPS Encapsulated Post Script file format The EPS format is used to transfer PostScript language artwork between applications also see PostScript Equal areas A map projection is equal area if every part as well as the whole has the same area as the corresponding part on the Earth at the same reduced scale No flat map can be both equal area and conformal Equidistant Equidistant maps show true distances only from the center of the projection or along a special set of lines For example an Azimuthal Equidistant map centered at Washington shows the correct distance between Washington and any other point on the projection It shows the correct distance between Washington and San Diego and between Washington and Seattle But it does not show the correct distance between San Diego and Seattle No flat map can be both equidistant and equal area F FAQ Frequently Asked Question Feature A set of points lines or polygons in a spatial database that represent a real world entity Th
241. single file containing both the image and its reference data 109 Register Image Filter MAP Images Register Image Register Image Placement X Y Specify the coordinates Corner coordinates Click a Upper Left Placement Cor in map units of the selected corner of corner of the graphic to be used gt X 33 9498715595 lt the raster image for the X and Y Placement values i Cancel Y 31 0501284405 R i Load File This button will allow you to Pixel Size Specify the size of Image Size 4283 by 4283 pixels choose a file containing the reference MM each pixel in the selected map unit 1 Pixel 0 000257 toad File lt information for the selected raster image updates the Effective Map Size T The information from the file will be inserted into the appropriate fields Effective Map Size X Y Specify Effective Map Size the Xand Y size ofthe magein x 110073 o Units Select a unit to use for the map units updates the Pixel Size 3 1 DA specification of georeferencing L Y 1 100731 x information The default selection is the current map unit editing these options is not required when using the Load File function FUNCTIONALITY The Register Image filter is used to accurately register raster imagery to your vector data MAPublisher will study the parameters of the raster image and the coordinate system of a selected MAP Layer in th
242. sity of Arkansas Cell The basic element of spatial information in a raster image Character Encoding A character encoding consists of a code that pairs a sequence of characters from a given set with something else such as a sequence of natural numbers octets or electrical pulses in order to facilitate the storage of text Choropleth map A systematic representation in which colour or shading is applied to areas bounded by statistical or administrative limits 2 Glossary A C Clipping A graphic process of cutting lines and symbols off the edge of a display area Colour Ramp A graduated range of colours between two extreme colour selections Conformal A map projection is conformal when at any point the scale is the same in every direction Therefore meridians and parallels intersect at right angles and the shapes of very small areas and angles with very short sides are preserved The size of most areas however is distorted Contour A line connecting points of equal elevation Coordinate system A graticule or a Cartesian grid in which points are located from two or three axes which intersect at a point Curvature The amount of curve in line as defined by a series of points D Data model An abstraction of the real world which incorporates only those properties being relevant to the application at hand The data model would normally define specific groups of entities and their attributes and the relationships betwee
243. stination layer has been selected select a common column by selecting an appropriate entry in the Matching Column listbox This column must match the format and values as the column selected in the Source Table section ADDITIONAL OPTION If the Case sensitive option is checked the column entries from the two matching columns will only be matched by case For example if you have a mixture of upper or lower case entries in the data table that is mirrored in the destination attribute table you should check this box If one of the matching columns contains values in lowercase and the other contains values in uppercase for example you should not check this box RESULTS When you click OK the data table will be added to the attribute table on the destination MAP Layer and may be viewed in the MAP Attributes palette Notice that the matching column in your data table has also been added but has been appended with a 1 48 Attributes and Georeferencing Import Table Apply Expression MAP Attributes palette Apply Expression Apply to Select the attribute column Apply Expression on which to apply the expression gt Attribute and MAPublisher Property PPlyto fHorizontalScale m ok columns can be assigned expressions 1 Expression POPULATION 1000000 m ancel Expression Enter the expression 9 The expression is valid pene directly into the entry field or click the Browse button to access the
244. stions Close the MAP Attributes palette prior to importing data Periodically save your work then close and reopen the file This will free up the available scratch memory Reduce the maximum number of undos since they all reside in memory Seethe Memory Considerations section for other suggestions pages A1 20 and A1 21 DATA IMPORT ISSUES Why do my files appear squashed after import They are probably stored in geographic or lat long coordinates Data in lat long usually looks squashed You can project them into an alternate map projection using the MAP View Editor see pages 57 59 Technical Reference Guide Frequently Asked Questions 11 What alternatives are there for importing a file format not supported by MAPublisher We provide a web page that has links to freeware shareware and commercial GIS data translators at http www avenza com support links html If you cannot find the translator that you need give us a call as we may have other suggestions lam having trouble getting my layers to overlay correctly Both files import correctly when they are imported alone but when import the second file they do not line up as expected They should overlay correctly Probably they are in different coordinate systems It is very important that you ensure that data used within a single mapped area have the same map projection If different data sets for a geographic location have differing coordinate systems the chances are h
245. store each cell in the matrix regardless of whether it is a feature or simply empty space Record A set of attributes relating to any entity a set of related contiguous data Redundancy The duplication of data in a database Remote Sensing The technique of obtaining data about the environment and the surface of the earth from a distance for example from aircraft or satellite Render To cause to be or to become to draw Resolution The number of dots per inch displayed on screen or printed to an output device Rhumb line A line on the surface of the Earth cutting all meridians at the same angle A rhumb line shows true direction Parallels and meridians which also maintain constant true directions may be considered special cases of the rhumb line A rhumb line is a straight line on a Mercator projection A straight rhumb line does not show the shortest distance between points unless the points are on the Equator or on the same meridian RS Remote Sensing Rubber sheeting A procedure to adjust the coordinates all of the data points in a dataset to allow a more accurate match between known locations and a few data points within the dataset Rubber sheeting also known as rubber banding preserves the interconnectivity or topology between points and objects through stretching shrinking or re orienting their interconnecting lines S SAIF Spatial Archive and Interchange Format SAIF is a Canadian Draft National Standard for
246. t com has been found to be quite good for decompressing windows zip files lam having trouble with importing SDTS files Where am I going wrong Be very careful how you receive a xxx tar gz file off the USGS website and decompress it These files are in a binary format and if you use Smart TAR CR LF translation it will not import and may cause errors in MAPublisher Make sure that you do all FTP transfers as binary After you receive it use gzip to decompress it and TAR to further decompress it You should have about 20 separate files look for the ones that end in xxxxCATD DDF Why does my data sometimes vanish If you imported some data and it appeared when selected but when you deselected the data it seemed to vanish here are a few things to check You may have inadvertently pressed cut or the delete key Check under Edit in the menu bar if the Undo Clear task is available this means that you just deleted something Select Undo Clear and the data should return Checkthe order of your layers Try moving the layer in question to the top of the list of layers in the Layers palette so that it is drawn on top of the other layers Make sure that current layer is available for viewing in the Layers palette by having a dot in the left hand column under the eye visualization and beside the layer name Check that you have colours for the fill and stroke set in the paint palette Checkthe setting for the stroke width and increase i
247. t of graphical data through registration to a common coordinate system The process of laying one set of digital spatial data over another for analysis purposes 8 Glossary M O P Page Anchor The location on the page where the map anchor is placed Page Extent Defines a rectangular portion of the graphics page to be displayed Page Size The size of the drawing page Parameters Variable options or choices boundaries of operations or of an object Path A line vector defined by a series of points a string of X Y coordinates PDF Portable Document Format Developed by Adobe a PDF is a file type which can be used to cross Macintosh Windows DOS and UNIX platforms Pixel The smallest unit of information in a grid cell map or raster image Pixel Scale The real world distance as represented by a single pixel in a georeferenced image Plug in filter A module supplied separately from the Adobe Illustrator program usually for creating special effects in artwork The MAPublisher application plug in filter is a module that enables the incorporation of GIS and mapping capabilities within the Adobe Illustrator graphics environment PMS Pantone Matching System Point A discrete location represented by a symbol or label usually too small to be displayed as an area or line Polygon Any area bounded by a straight or irregular closed line representing a map component or any other graphic feature Polyline A line made up o
248. t on the page and for exporting to GIS formats Within the MAP Views palette you are just a few clicks away from merging Illustrator layers georeferencing existing Illustrator artwork changing layer names in bulk and reprojecting data on the fly MAP Views MAP Views palette 53 USING THE MAP VIEWS PALETTE REPROJECTING MAP LAYERS BY DRAG AND DROP Using the MAP View Editor will be discussed in detail later in this section The MAP Views palette can be used to drag Illustrator layers from one MAP View to another enabling you to reproject vector art quickly For example two imports may produce two very different coordinate systems In such a case you can reproject without having to access a dialog by simply dragging an Illustrator layer from one MAP View to another within in the MAP Views palette Raster imagery can not be reprojected with MAPublisher If for example you have two imported data layers one in UTM projection and the other in latitude longitude MAPublisher will produce two distinct MAP Views each holding the associated MAP Layer If you wish to reproject the layer which is in UTM into Lat Long simply drag it from the UTM MAP View and drop it into the Lat Long MAP View MAPublisher will automatically reproject the layer to match the destination MAP View If you are reprojecting in this manner and either the origin or destination MAP View does not contain a coordinate system you will be presented with the Specify Pro
249. t should I do Search for and delete any copies of a file named Adobefnt05 Ist If that does not work search for and delete any copies of a file whose name starts with Adobefnt and has a st extension The Adobefnt Ist files are cached descriptions of the font environment They can be rebuilt when needed so it is safe to delete them Why do some art objects fail to display completely Sometimes drawing with Illustrator s shape creation tools results in the object not being displayed completely by Illustrator The object s geometry is complete because if you set the View to outline View Outline as opposed to Preview you can see that the object is there in its entirety you can also zoom in and out However once you restore the zoom level to the original extents at which the object was created it will no longer appear as a complete shape The solution to this is to disable the anti aliasing option in the Illustrator preferences dialog 14 Technical Reference Guide Frequently Asked Questions Are there any sources for free GIS data There are a multitude of web sites which offer free GIS data in several different forms Please see pages A1 22 to A1 24 of this user guide for a list of several free download sites What can cause attribute corruption The most likely cause of attribute corruption other than the files being corrupted before you got them is that you have put layers with differing attribute structures into a single layer
250. t will report S and include additional warning notes Alternatively click on the Browse button to enter and edit expressions via the Edit Expression tool page 44 The following are some examples of basic expressions which can be assigned to columns in Edit Schema Ontario applied to column NAME Result All items are assigned the value Ontario in the NAME column MAP Area 01 applied to column Style Result All area items are assigned the value MAP Area 01 in the Style column and are assigned the Graphic Style MAP Area 01 on the page 45 applied to column Rotation Result All point items are assigned the value 45 in the Rotation column and are rotated to 45 on the page ADDING DELETING amp RE ORDERING COLUMNS Stipulations regarding the display order of attribute columns in the map attribute window can be set by reordering the existing list according to your preferences Any column may be promoted in the list attribute table by simply selecting it in the list and clicking on the Up and Down button to move it up or down within the list Columns will display in the MAP Attributes window according to the display order established in Edit Schema To create a new column simply click on the Add button and input the desired column properties To delete an existing column choose it from the available list and click on the Delete button Click the OK button to confirm y
251. t you must first drag associated MAP Layer s out of the stylesheet such as into a Stylesheet of None or into another Stylesheet Only at this stage will the Delete option be activated Note that moving a stylesheet to None will not restore the data to its default symbology it will simply remove the relationship between attribute value and style symbol Select Duplicate Stylesheet to create a copy of the selected MAP Stylesheet Duplicating Stylesheets can be used to create copies of existing stylesheets Even though the copy will not contain a MAP Layer at first the style rules which exist between attributes of the original layer and the symbology will be retained Simply by editing the styles that relate to each value in each stylesheet you can drag a MAP Layer from one MAP Stylesheet to another in order to output different versions of a map MAP Stylesheets MAP Stylesheets palette 71 MAP Stylesheet Editor MAP Stylesheets palette Edit Name Editablename of the MAP Stylesheet um i Rules List of styling criteria Name Population A in a hierarchical format yy Style Rules C Jj The orderinwnich he mes MM RR E gpeeteeesemene the order in which the rules gt High Bun Area 07 POP1991 gt 2545553 AND POP1991 lt 10084885 100 in point stylesheets stroke in will be applied to related art M area and line stylesheets or Medium D MAP Aea 19 POP
252. ta by Column option checked an area width is calculated based on the value s related to the selected object s in the attribute table The area will then be constructed based on the line s attribute value When the filter based is run based on a Specify Value an area object is created as calculated by the specified value Choose the A Area layer to place the buffer s then click OK to generate the areas 98 Line Functions Buffer Lines Flip Lines Filter MAP Lines Flip Lines FUNCTIONALITY The MAPublisher Flip Lines filter reverses the beginning and end points of a line Labeling linework in Adobe Illustrator is designed to position labels starting at the beginning of a line and the orientation of the text depends on the starting point of the line or arc being labeled As a result cases can occur where labels are placed upside down or backwards from where you would like them In order for the labels to be consistent for a group of lines flipping some of the lines may be necessary for example when manually entering text on line segments You can flip lines on Lj Line layers and A Area layers n order to use this filter select the lines you wish to flip and then go to Filter MAP Lines Flip Lines Note that if you have negative values for polygons in the Area column of your MAP Attribute table Counter clockwise AreaDirection you can use Flip Lines to convert the MAPublisher area calculation to a pos
253. ted 42 Technical Reference Guide Tips and Hints Appendix 2 MAPublisher 7 How To s For Legacy Users A number of functions have been redesigned in MAPublisher 7 Users of MAPublisher 6 or earlier should consult the following pages for information on how to perform common legacy MAPublisher tasks in MAPublisher 7 LEGEND FUNCTIONALITY IN MAP STYLESHEETS BUILDING COLOUR RAMPS TO CREATE STYLES You can enhance the look of your maps by using colour ramps rather than random colours for your area and line styles A possible use for this would be in the creation of relief maps 1 2 nun BW Determine the number of new graduated styles you wish to create Create two rectangles with the Rectangle Tool aligned vertically one at the top of the page the other at the base Colour the first top and last bottom elements with the two extreme end colours for the ramp Select the Object gt Blend gt Blend Options menu item Choose Specified Steps from the list Enter the value you determined in the first step minus 2 Click OK Select the two rectangles Select the Object gt Blend gt Make menu item The legend elements will be blended between the two end colours Select Object gt Expand then Object gt Ungroup You can then add the new styles to Graphic Styles palette for use in your MAP Stylesheets ASSIGNING INCREMENTAL VALUES TO STYLES It is very straightforward to assign styles to values for stylesh
254. tes page 37 By default imported or created attributes will be visible whereas property columns will be invisible Please note Property column structures cannot be edited EDITING COLUMN FORMAT To rename a column enter the new text directly into the Name field Specify a data type by making the appropriate selection in the Type list Please note the following String columns can contain attributes that are both alpha and numeric Integer columns contain only whole numbers Real columns contain numbers carrying decimal values Boolean columns contain purely True or False values To modify the width in characters of String type columns enter a value into the Size field You can also assign a 42 Attributes and Georeferencing Edit Schema Default Value for all new objects placed on the selected layer by entering text accordingly Check or uncheck the Visible option to edit a column s visibility Check or uncheck the Read only option to edit a column s read write status i e values cannot be edited in the MAP Attributes palette if the column is read only To assign an expression to the selected column for example to populate the column values based on the contents of other columns and or mathematical formulas check the Derive value from expression option Then simply enter a valid expression in the Expression field The Expression Validity icon will report if the expression entered is valid Otherwise i
255. that documentation and tutorial data will also be installed After installation these files can be found in the Applications Avenza MAPublisher 7 x directory An Alias to this folder will be created at the end of the installation process which will be placed on your desktop Launch Adobe Illustrator Please proceed to the section on Registration and Licensing on the following page Important note for MAPublisher 6 x Macintosh installations If you plan to install MAPublisher 7 x to Illustrator CS and or CS2 and wish to continue to use MAPublisher 6 x with Illustrator 10 you must install the MAPublisher 6 2 update AFTER completing installation of MAPublisher 7 x This update can be found in the MAPublisher 6 2 Updater folder on your MAPublisher 7 CD or with your MAPublisher 7 download MAPublisher 6 x will fail to operate in Illustrator 10 without this update Getting Started Installation Instructions Registration and Licensing MAPublisher will fail to function until activated The following instructions are for the activation of single user licenses of MAPublisher 7 only If you have purchased a floating license please refer to the floating license installation guide provided with your purchase MAPublisher 7 is available in both single user and floating license configurations Floating licenses are designed to allow an organization to deploy a specific number of licenses that can be used and shared on any number of computers over a network
256. that the lines are of equal distance between two adjacent points Thiessen polygons also known as Voronoi diagrams and Dirichlet tessellations are sometimes used as a crude form of interpolation particularly within the geosciences Thinning Reducing the number of points defining a line while preserving the essential shape of the line Common weeding algorithms include distance traversed algorithm Nth point selection algorithm angle selection algorithm William s point relaxation algorithm and Douglas Peucker algorithm TIFF Tagged Image File Format a common raster graphic file format Tile A discrete part of the earth s surface By splitting a study area into tiles considerable savings in access times and improvements in system performance can be achieved Topographic map A map showing natural and man made features as well as relief often in the form of contours Topography The study of the relief of a given area on the Earth s surface usually on a large scale including both natural and man made features Topology The way in which geographic features relate to each other Toponym The place names of a region or map feature Transform The process of changing the scale projection or orientation of a mapped image TRIM A GIS data file format from the Terrain Resource Information Management of British Columbia Canada U Ungenerate The file format created by the ArcInfo Ungenerate function UNIX A general purpose mu
257. the buffer values The default is the current map unit FUNCTIONALITY The MAPublisher Buffer Lines filter creates buffer Area objects around the linework This can be useful if you are attempting to calculate distances on each side of a line An example where you would use this tool could be in the planning of new roads where the actual width of the highway is a major consideration PREREQUISITES Your MAP Layer must be a L Line layer to use Buffer Lines Before using this filter you must create an A Area layer in your Illustrator layers palette Create a new layer and then drag this to the MAP View which holds linework you wish to buffer remembering to set the feature type to Area To use this tool select the line s you wish to buffer and then go to Filter gt MAP Lines gt Buffer Lines USING BUFFER LINES You can choose to buffer lines by entering a value or by selecting an attribute column that contains buffer values The buffering value specified designates the total width of the new area object For example a value of 10 would create a buffer of 5 on either side of the selected line This works on individual lines or a selected set of vectors The buffer width will be calculated and created assuming the units of measurement to be the current map units Set the unit to use for the buffer value from the Units list Then choose which option to use for the buffer values When the Buffer Lines filter is run with the Da
258. the directory path for the export of the currently selected Dataset Desktop Data Exports enable the selection of an export directory layer or MAP View You can also manually type in the dataset location Character encoding ISO 8859 1 Latin 1 AS P lt Character Encoding Assign a codec if the attribute information held in the selected layer or MAP View uses a double byte character set Export Settings General Settings Settings Keep format extension Check this option to export layers with their feature extension _area _line _point or _text which may have been appended to layer General M Keep format extension Export visible attributes only Check this option to export only the attributes that are currently visible Export visible attributes only names during import in the MAP Attributes palette AutoCAD Settings MicroStation Settings Settings Settings Release ca Cor Coordinate Units ________ Co R11 R12 R13 master Sub O vor 9 R14 O R2000 Area Fills Release Version Specify the AutoCAD version number you wish to export to M Allow area fills Seed file parameters M Compute optimal seed file parameters Seed file parameters Automatically adjust the origin and scaling of the layer to provide an optimum set of parameters for a seed file Area Fills Controls whether or not fill linkages will be written out for ellipses
259. the imported data The default is to set to Yes ESRI ARCINFO GENERATE gen Arcinfo Generate files are ASCII coordinate files created from ArcInfo coverages through the use of the ArcInfo Generate command Generate is a useful mechanism that allows you to transfer Arclnfo GIS data to MAPublisher There are several types of Generate files and currently point line and text Generate files are supported All Generate file names are required to end with a gen extension Supported Elements i Supported Geometry Typical File Extensions gen Aggregate No Automated Translation Yes Circles No User Defined Attributes No i Circular Arc No Coordinate System Support No Elliptical Arc No Generic Colour Support No Ellipses No Spatial Index Never i Polygon No Schema Required Yes Donut Polygon No Transaction Support No ii Point Yes Geometry Type Attribute arcgen geometry Line Yes 7i Text Yes Technical Reference Guide MAPublisher Import Formats 3 ESRI SHAPEFILE shp ESRI shapefiles are binary files used to export data with attributes from both ArcInfo and ArcView Shapefiles store both geometry and attributes for features however no topological information is carried in a shapefile A single logical shapefile consists of three physical files each with one of the following file name extensions shp Geometric data shx Index to the geometric data dbf Attributes for the geometric data These e
260. tion has been removed You can now achieve the same functionality via Illustrator s native Copy Paste tools 1 Use Edit Copy or Edit Cut to copy art 2 Deselect the art 3 Select the destination layer in the Layers palette 4 Use Edit gt Paste in Front or Edit gt Paste in Back to paste the art into the new layer at its previous location When pasting to layers which already contain an attribute structure the destination layer must have an attribute schema which matches the source layer When pasting to layers which contain no attribute structure the destination layer will be assigned the same attribute schema as the source layer The destination layer can be contained in any MAP View as required The destination layer must be of a matching feature type as the source layer Pasted data will always maintain its attributes If you paste into a non map layer drag this layer into a MAP View then recreate the schema attributes will be populated appropriately MAPublisher 7 How To s Appendix 3 Utilities and Bonus Files The following files may be found in the utilities and bonus files folders on your MAPublisher 7 CD or with your MAPublisher 7 download MACINTOSH AND WINDOWS UTILITIES AND BONUS FILES Utilities Graphic Styles MAPublisher Actions aia A custom action set for quick access to MAPublisher windows and palettes Utilities Graphic Styles MAP AreaStyles ai A custom library of 99 styles for use in Area S
261. tion of related points and a polygon is a collection of related lines Vertex One of a set of ordered X Y coordinates that constitute a line A points representing spatial X Y coordinates that occur along a line between the nodes and help define the shape of the arc VPF Vector Product Format A binary format used by the US Defense Mapping Agency It is well documented and can be sued as an internal format and as a transfer format It carries geographic and attribute information but no display data VPF files are sometimes referred to as VMAP products MAPublisher does not support VPF files W World file A file associated with an image that contains georeferencing information for the image File extensions may be TFW or JPW tiff joeg World Files IRP Image Report Files or TAB Table files WWW World Wide Web Z Zone Any well defined region of more or less belt like form Zoom To magnify or reduce the current view of a document Glossary U Z 13
262. tions being altered versions of other projections Pseudo projections have some of the characteristics of another class of projection For example the Sinusoidal is called a pseudocylindrical projection because all lines of latitude are straight and parallel and all meridians are equally spaced However it is not a truly cylindrical projection because all meridians except the central meridian are curved PROJECTION EXAMPLES CYLINDRICAL PROJECTIONS Peters This projection is a cylindrical equal area projection that de emphasizes area exaggerations in high latitudes by shifting the standard parallels to 45 or 47 degrees Mercator Has straight meridians and parallels that intersect at right angles Scale is true at the equator or at two standard parallels equidistant from the equator The projection is often used for marine navigation because all straight lines on the map are lines of constant azimuth Miller Cylindrical Has straight meridians and parallels that meet at right angles but straight lines are not of constant azimuth Shapes and areas are distorted Directions are true only along the equator The projection avoids the scale exaggerations of the Mercator map Oblique Mercator These projections are used to portray regions along great circles Distances are true along a great circle defined by the tangent line formed by the sphere and the oblique cylinder elsewhere distance shape and areas are distorted Once used to map Land
263. tions for use with MAPublisher the preferred format to use is csv PREREQUISITES In order to successfully import a table into an existing attribute schema you must have both a MAP Layer and a data table which share at least one common attribute column with matching values The column must be of a matching Type i e String Real Integer Boolean in both the Source and the Destination table Access the Import Table tool by clicking the Import Table button j or menu item in the MAP Attributes palette USING IMPORT TABLE SOURCE TABLE Click the Browse button to select the data table for import When the file has been selected select a common column by selecting an appropriate entry in the Matching Column listbox In MAPublisher 7 double byte characters are supported in attributes on import allowing such attributes to be used for labeling and export To assign a codec suitable for your selected dataset choose an appropriate entry from the Character Encoding listbox if required If the table contains column names as headers check the First line contains column names option If it does not contain headers do not select this option and each column will be assigned a default heading name Column Column2 etc Attributes and Georeferencing Import Table 47 DESTINATION TABLE Choose the attribute table that you wish to join the data table to This can be achieved by choosing a MAP Layer from the Target Layer list When the de
264. to both floating and stand alone license users Can I run two different versions of MAPublisher at the same time This is possible if you have two versions of Adobe Illustrator An example is MAPublisher 7 0 using Illustrator CS2 and MAPublisher 6 2 using Illustrator 10 MEMORY amp SPEED ISSUES Why do I need so much more memory RAM than do with my GIS The graphics software environment of Adobe Illustrator loads the entire file into memory rather than just reading it from disk thus more memory is required MAPublisher builds a mini GIS application inside Illustrator so that it can geo code information and attach data to objects This also has some overhead When you are importing a lot of files with MAPublisher into Illustrator you ll notice that the amount of available memory will decrease rapidly and your computer loses speed This is due to the memory management MAPublisher reserves a fairly large amount of memory for each import action which is not always returned when the import is done The solution is simple save your file close it and open it again It s not even necessary to close Illustrator itself By closing the file the reserved memory is properly returned How can l improve the speed of my data import Many GIS data files are large and when a series of such files is imported you may find that the import filter starts to run more slowly This is because scratch and memory allocations are being used up Try the following sugge
265. tylesheets MAP LineStyles ai A custom library of 99 style for use in Line Stylesheets MIF_AreaStyles ai A library of MapInfo MIF MID area styles 1 71 for use in Area Stylesheets MIF_LineStyles ai A library of MapInfo MIF MID line styles 1 77 for use in Line Stylesheets DGN_LineStyles ai A library of MicroStation DGN line styles 1 7 for use in Line Stylesheets Utilities gt Symbols MAP_PointSymbols ai A custom library of 99 symbols for use in Point Stylesheets MAP_NorthArrows ai A library of north arrow symbols for use in the Create North Arrow filter Parks_PointSymbols ai A library of symbols composed from the US National Parks Service font library Your MAPublisher 7 CD also contains evaluation copies of several useful and powerful utilities from Blue Marble Geographics www bluemarblegeo com which can be found in the Blue Marble Geographics folder Utilities List Appendix 4 Acknowledgements Avenza Systems Inc would like to acknowledge and thank the following companies and individuals for their contributions to MAPublisher 7 for Adobe Illustrator and for data and other files that may appear on the MAPublisher for Adobe Illustrator CD In addition to those mentioned below we wish to thank the many beta testers who helped us design and test this product Please note the maps used for the cover and the chapter intro pages are credited on the first page of this guide Adobe Systems Inc 345 Park Ave San Jose CA 95110 2
266. ublisher will place Area labels intelligently depending on the shape and size of the area polygon Click the Area Labels button to assign MAPublisher Area Label Settings Decide how you wish to place area labels i e with a high degree of precision or lower degree of precision by choosing the appropriate Placement Accuracy option You can choose to have the labels oriented along lines of latitude on projected MAP Views by selecting the Labels curve with lines of latitude option If this option is used MAPublisher will create text paths that will conform to the lines of latitude that the text is placed at If this option is not selected the labels will be placed horizontally Labels can be modified if they exceed the size of the area in the current default font size First check the Adjust label if larger than area option to activate the label rules Rules are executed by MAPublisher in a hierarchical order the order of which can be edited by clicking on the rule and then pressing the Up or Down button Checking the Reduce font size option will allow you to reduce the size of the font to a specified minimum size in 78 Labeling Functions Feature Text Label points Checking Reduce horizontal scaling will allow text to be scaled down horizontally by the fraction specified Checking the Wrap Labels that are longer than area option will enter a carriage return at the nearest space in the text note this option is not available if the Labels cu
267. unt Graphic Style Stroke Weight Path Closed Length For point layers Horizontal Scale X scale of original symbol Vertical Scale Y scale of original symbol Rotation Symbol For text layers Text actual text item on page Rotation Character Style EXPRESSION BUILDER Assign attributes or properties to data or make selections based on expressions Expressions are automatically checked for validity Construct expressions to use in column editing object editing and selections All available columns and an array of operators are available for expression composition NEW IMPORT TABLE All table functions have been replaced by a new function that will import tables and join them to existing attributes Now accessible from the MAP Attributes palette Imported tables are automatically joined to matching attributes on the selected layer STYLESHEET VALUE RANGES The MAP Stylesheet Editor now includes the option to assign a range of values to the selected style or symbol What s New in MAPublisher 7 ix MAP SELECTIONS Select by Attribute has been replaced with the MAP Selection Filters palette Make selections based on expressions Add to remove from and get subsets of current selections Select and apply multiple selection filters Selections are saved in the document in list form for subsequent application CREATE NORTH ARROW Convert selected vector art into North Arrows automatically aligning the symbol to true north North Arrow
268. untries states and places simple maps of areas e 9 GIF PS format lists and maps of Internet resources in an area For cartographers and geography researchers there are cartographic GIS base map files e g USGS Demos DLGs TIGER thematic data of a geographic nature e g census data and complete GIS data sets e g ArcInfo export files These lists are readily available and there is a comprehensive list of free data sites accessible from the MAPublisher Internet home page at http www avenza com support links html FREE MAP DATA The following are just some of the many sites on the Internet that offer free download of GIS data Data is available from these and other Internet sites in a wide variety of formats Please consult the sections in this manual on file formats pages 20 to 22 amp A1 2 to A1 9 to ensure that you obtain usable data AUSLIG Australian national mapping agency offering digital map data satellite imagery and elevation data Data obtained here can be used for commercial purposes with permission http www auslig gov au mapping index CAST The Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies CAST University of Arkansas Planned free access on the ARKNet statewide network Among its high tech offerings CAST maintains a catalog of Arkansas U S national and global data e g GIS data in areas of archaeology agriculture and population are downloadable as GIF files across the Internet Obtain a map of
269. utes palette Note only values in visible columns can be found and or replaced USING FIND AND REPLACE Q Access the tool by clicking the Find amp Replace button or menu item in the MAP Attributes palette FIND ONLY To use Find and Replace to simply find values click on the Find tab to enter your search criteria Find criteria can be typed directly into the Find what entry field previous criterias can be selected from the list A search may be performed on all attributes by default or only on specific columns contained within the map attribute window by enabling the Just option and choosing a column from the list Criteria may be further refined by enabling the Case sensitive and Match whole word only options Once the search string has been entered click the Find Next button in order to perform the search Search results can be seen in the MAP Attributes palette the column header and row number containing the first matching record will be displayed in bold text At this point you may progress searching for individual records by clicking again the Find Next button FIND AND REPLACE To replace records selected through the Find operation click on the Replace tab Find and Replace criteria can be typed directly into the Find what and Replace with entry fields previous criterias can be selected from the lists A find and replace may be performed on all attributes by default or only on specific columns contained within the
270. value of zero will only join line segments that are touching If the distance between the end of a segment and the start of another is greater than the proximity value you enter these lines will not be joined If two line segments in the selection are separated by a distance less than the set proximity value check the Close Segment Gaps option to create a line segment that connects the two lines To generate a single path instead of a compound path whenever a set of joined lines have common endpoints check Generate non compound paths if lines have common endpoints to create single paths with common endpoints When you have entered your preferences for the join click the OK button On the newly created Line layer view the layer s attributes in the MAP Attributes window Note that the only attribute columns present are the default Property columns and the attribute column you specified for your join 100 Line Functions Join Lines Simplify Lines Filter MAP Lines Simplify Lines Simplify Lines Proximity Assign a proximity value in Douglas Peucker Threshold Co the current unit using either the slider or the entry field Entering a higher value 3 p ill result i des bei d l Cancel will result in more nodes being remove l 5 Use Bezier Curves Check to generate l S Se Bezier curves in the simplified lines gt M Use Bezier Curves Degn E Proximity Units Sele
271. w Editor Find Projection Import MAP View Day use only I Export A A Ze SE Z9 H gt 1 e 51 MAP Views List ofthe unique coordinate systems in the document MAP Layers An alphabetical list of the layers that comprise each MAP View symbolized by feature type Lock button Click this button to lock or unlock the Layer mirrored in the Illustrator Layers palette Non map layers Lists the Illustrator Layers that are not part of a specified MAP View and do not contain georeferencing information MAP Views Palette Window MAPublisher Palettes gt MAP Views Duplicate MAP View Edit MAP View Delete MAP View Source Projection Specify Anchors Import MAP View Export Merge Layers Layer Name Search amp Replace 2 MAP Views B 3g Delete MAP View button New MAP View button Allows you to create a New MAP View and specify its name and coordinate information Allows you to delete the currently selected MAP View provided it does not contain any Illustrator layers Related Tools New MAP View Allows you to create a New MAP View and specify its name and coordinate information Duplicate MAP View Will create a Duplicate of the currently selected MAP View Edit MAP View Allows you to edit the name and coordinate system of the currently selected MAP View Delete MAP View Allows you to delete the currently selected MAP
272. which you can edit column schemas and visibility add or delete columns import tables find and replace attributes and apply expressions to selected art The visible attributes of selected map features will be displayed in the window USING THE MAP ATTRIBUTES PALETTE VIEWING ATTRIBUTES If features are selected on multiple layers you can toggle between these layers by choosing from the Layer dropdown In addition the number of currently selected map objects on the specified layer will also be reported at the base of the palette The attribute values displayed in columns in the MAP Attributes window can be sorted in ascending or descending order by clicking the column header The widths of the columns may be changed by clicking on the column separator and manually dragging it to resize as desired 39 Attributes and Georeferencing MAP Attributes EDITING ATTRIBUTES MAPublisher s MAP Attributes window is a fully editable spreadsheet environment All attribute values may be edited except for certain MAPublisher Property attributes see page 37 To change the value of a cell double click within the cell and enter the new value such as you would in a spreadsheet program Keep in mind that you must enter values that correspond with a columns type i e only enter numbers into a column of type Real or Integer The edits will immediately be reflected in the map documents database records Existing attribute records may also be edited or modifi
273. will contain a list of all the selection filters in the current document Create a new MAP Selection Filter by clicking on the New Selection Filter button or menu item This will open the New Selection Filter window The Name field can be edited to describe the selection filter or its intention For example a selection filter could be named Cities or Countries with 8096 or higher literacy 92 Making Selections MAP Selection Filters The Expression field describes the criteria for the selection of feature art Simply enter a valid expression in the Expression field The Expression Validity icon will report if the expression entered is valid Otherwise it will report and include additional warning notes Alternatively click on the Browse button to enter and edit expressions via the Edit Expression tool page 44 The following are some examples of basic expressions which can be entered for use as selection filters NAME Ontario Result When applying this filter all items with the value Ontario in the NAME column are selected POPULATION lt 1000000 Result When applying this filter all items with values less than 1 million in the POPULATION column are selected NAME Ontario OR NAME Alberta Result When applying this filter items with the value Ontario OR Alberta in the NAME column are selected NAME Ontario AND POPULATION lt 1000000 Result When appl
274. xample if points have rising values from 1 10 the point with a value equal to 1 will be at the start of the generated line and the point with a value equal to 10 will be at the end of the line When you have selected the column click the Add button to place the column into the Sort Order list If all the values contained in the first Sort By column are unique you will not be required to set a secondary column If the first Sort By column contained any similar values you must specify a secondary column Again click on a column in the Sort By Available Columns list and then click the Add button to place the column in the Sort Order list Similarly third fourth and fifth Sort By columns can be specified in the same manner if previous columns contain similar values Note that the Sort By columns are a hierarchy with the topmost specified column being used for the primary sort then the second then third etc To move columns up or down the hierarchy after they have been specified simply select the appropriate column in the Sort Order list and click either the Up or Down button To remove any Sort By columns from the hierarchy select the column in the Sort Order list and click the Remove button Note that a maximum of 5 columns can be used to sort points into a logical order If the columns specified to sort by do not distinguish an ordering between certain points the order of these points in the attribute table i e the order in whic
275. xported For example if you have Point symbols on a Line layer they will not be recognized as being MAPublisher objects and will be dropped in the export process Why is MAPublisher exporting the Area values as negatives When exporting Area layers to GIS formats polygon outlines must have a positive Area value whereas holes held inside compound paths or complex shapes must have a negative Area value If you have values for polygons in the Area property column of your MAP Attribute table which contradict these guidelines you can use the following tools to convert the MAPublisher area calculation from a negative to a positive value or vice versa Flip Lines tool page 99 for converting multiple areas Create a Selection Filter pages 92 93 to select all elements that have an Area of less than zero to select negative values or greater than zero to select positive values Then go to Filter gt Flip Lines AreaDirection property value pages 37 for converting areas at a time Select the area to edit and then choose the alternate value for AreaDirection in the MAP Attributes palette LABELING ISSUES lam having trouble with the MAP Tagger tool Where am I going wrong This can happen either when the layer or object to be labeled is not available for editing Check to make sure that the desired layer is available for editing the features in question are not locked and you have a Text layer in your d
276. xtending north and south from the equator See the UTM Zone Map on page A1 35 Behrmann Cylindrical Equal Area Cylindrical Equal Area projections have straight meridians and parallels the meridians are equally spaced the parallels unequally spaced There are normal transverse and oblique cylindrical equal area projections Scale is true along the central line the equator for normal the central meridian for transverse and a selected line for oblique and along two lines equidistant from the central line Shape and scale distortions increase near points 90 degrees from the central line The Behrmann projection uses 30 00 North as the parallel of no distortion CONIC PROJECTIONS Albers Equal Area Conic A conic projection that distorts scale and distance except along standard parallels Areas are proportional and directions are true in limited areas Used in the United States and other large countries with a larger east west than north south extent Equidistant Conic Direction area and shape are distorted away from standard parallels Used for portrayals of areas near to but on one side of the equator Lambert Conformal Conic Area and shape are distorted away from standard parallels Directions are true in limited areas Used for maps of North America Polyconic The polyconic projection was used for most of the earlier USGS topographic quadrangles The projection is based on an infinite number of cones tangent to an infinite num
277. xtensions are added to the base name of the shapefile creating separate physical files that must all reside in the same directory You must select the shp file for import Point multipoint polyline and polygon geometric data can be stored in shp files However a single shp file can contain only one type of geometry Each entity in a shp file has a corresponding entry in the shx index file and a corresponding row of attributes in the associated dbf file The order of the entries in each of these files is synchronized For example the 3rd geometric entity in the shp file is pointed to by the 3rd entry in the shx index file and has the attributes held in the 3rd row of the dbf A single shapefile may also consist of a number of additional files with the following file name extensions sbn sbx Spatial index files for the geometric data These two files are only generating by an ESRI product prj Spatial coordinate system information If a prj file exists in your shapefile directory holding the coordinate system information of the shapefile this will automatically be read by MAPublisher on import If your shapefile folder does not contain a prj file you will be required to specify the coordinate system in order to fully utilize MAPublisher Supported Elements Supported Geometry Typical File Extensions shp shx dbf prj Aggregate Yes Automated Translation Yes i Circles No User Defined Att
278. y be desirable to join all segments of a particular street by the common attribute of street name in order to create a single line element representing that street When the Join Lines filter is run a new layer is created containing the joined lines in order to avoid deleting other attributes within the original street layer The new MAP Layer contains the joined lines with an attribute column representing the joined column Join Lines can be very useful for reducing the size of a data file by joining related lines and thus reducing the number of segments and associated data present in the file It is also very useful to run Join Lines prior to labeling with Feature Text Label in order to reduce the occurrence of duplicate labels PREREQUISITES This tool can be executed on selections on E Line layers To access Join Lines go to Filter gt MAP Lines gt Join Lines USING JOIN LINES In the Join on Attribute dropdown select the attribute column containing the attributes you wish to join For example to join lines based on street name you should select the column containing the street names This will result in line segments containing the same street name being joined In the Destination Layer field you should specify a name for the new E Line layer that MAPublisher will create to hold your joined lines A Proximity value should be entered and Proximity Units assigned Units can be specified in map units or page units Entering a proximity
279. y or via a reference file are correct the image will be scaled and registered with your vector data Working With Images Register Image 111 Export Image Filter MAP Images Export Image Export Image Store Geography As Select the output format for the georeferencing Store Geography As GeoTIFF iv information for the selected image Save As Choose a destination name and directory for the exported image FUNCTIONALITY MAPublisher offers the ability to export previously placed raster files as georeferenced images for use in other programs and or for archival purposes This can be useful in a number of ways For example when working with an image for which there is no georeferencing file you can use the MAPublisher Export Image function to create a GeoTIFF or other georeferenced image file based upon the coordinate system of the host MAP View The Register Image filter can be used to accurately position and scale imagery with vector data Alternatively you can manually move scale or rotate imagery to align with artwork in a designated MAP View If your host MAP View contains accurate georeferencing information you can use Export Image to save raster data to a fully georeferenced image format It is also possible to convert your vector artwork to a georeferenced raster image MAPublisher will export the selected image as a TIF with a choice of the five reference file formats as discussed at the sta
280. ying this filter only items containing the value Ontario in the NAME column AND values less than 1 million in the POPULATION column are selected Click the OK button to create the filter adding it to the list of filters in the palette EDITING AND DELETING SELECTION FILTERS The name and entered expression can be edited To edit a MAP Selection Filter double click the appropriate selection filter in the palette or click on the selection filter in the palette and click the Edit Selection Filter menu item This will open the Edit Selection Filter window Delete a MAP Selection Filter by clicking on the Delete Selection Filter button or menu item MAKING SELECTIONS Once MAP Selection Filters have been created they can be applied to a MAP layer Selection filters can only be applied to one layer at a time However more than one filter may be applied simultaneously use Shift or Ctrl to select multiple filters When applying multiple selection filters art only has to satisfy one of the chosen selection filters to qualify i e multiple selection filters are combined using the OR operator Note when the expression is marked as valid it is not necessarily valid when applied to a given layer For example the expression Country Ohio is only applicable to a layer with the Country attribute If an expression is not valid for a layer an error is shown when the selection filter is applied There are four methods of applyin

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